Blood Sugar Rising

Karen - The Bronx, NY

Clip | 6m 31s

Karen's brother died of diabetic complications, and now Karen is committed to bringing healthy foods into her community with her “Garden of Happiness”. “If we don’t change the food system and get rid of this processed food, this junk food...the lifespan of so many people of color living in low-income neighborhoods will be shortened." she says.

Aired: 04/15/20 | Rating: NR

A Production of Structure Films for WGBH. With funding from: Draper, The Russell Berrie Foundation, Sami Inkinen, through the Inkinen Family Donor-Advised Fund, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.

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