Food Aid To Puerto Rico Is Salty, Sugary, And Unbalanced, Researcher Says

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/06/22/621036893/food-aid-to-puerto-rico-is-salty-sugary-and-unbalanced-researcher-says
After Hurricane Maria hit, many people were left without access to water, food and power. But when food came, it raised a host of health concerns. As food aid began to arrive last fall, Twitter was full of complaints from recipients and their families expressing shock that the contents of relief boxes appear to be stuffed with items like candy bars, potted meat and cheese crackers. “Who in their right mind would think this qualifies as a meal?” tweeted CBS correspondent David Begnaud, quoting a Puerto Rican resident named Pedro who found candy and chips in his box. View image on Twitter Sujei =) @sujeilugo The FEMA “meals” my brother received today… #HuracánMaría 6:36 PM – Nov 10, 2017 10.3K 13.8K people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy After seeing a flood of such social media posts, Uriyoán Colón-Ramos, a professor of public health at George Washington University, and a group of researchers went down to Puerto Rico to check it out. Colón-Ramos and her group analyzed 10 days’ worth of food shipments found at a FEMA distribution center in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, six weeks after Hurricane Maria hit.