When New Yorkers visit Korean Community Services (KCS), they often seek education for lifestyle changes, nutrition counseling, and support for preventing and managing chronic conditions. Many are seniors or people who are food-insecure in need of nutritionally balanced meals and other wellness services to maintain their health.
Beyond limited access to fresh, nutritious food, they’re also up against a powerful threat: predatory food marketing backed by mega-corporations. With misleading food and beverage ads dominating every digital space, lots of our clients simply buy whichever products they see most. Too often, they are stunned to learn that many of the foods they’ve long consumed are harmful to their health. High-calorie items like white rice, soju, and prepackaged instant noodles, which are equally heavy in sodium, top the list of products to which our community’s overexposed.
