Modern society has been facing a growing health crisis for years. Ongoing research by the Center of Disease Control and others is starting to show that across the United States, obese individuals living in poverty are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease and other health conditions. The relationship between obesity prevalence and socioeconomic status measured as education level or income. People facing poverty often feel helpless when left to deal with their own health problems. Children are raised on poor diets, which become routine lifestyle habits, as families struggle to afford healthy foods. With these health concerns affecting millions of people nationwide, prevention, early detection and education programs are important to help explain to those living in low socioeconomic communities that they are at high risk for obesity and cardiovascular disease . Living in a low socioeconomic community can prevent safe exercise habits such as running, walking and cycling. People living in poverty with little money typically depend on the government for money which can limit what that person can buy at the supermarket. People want more food for their money, accessible foods that are cheap, high in fat and low in nutritional density. Poor people lack the environment and education needed to ensure adequate health. Therefore, for those with little education and little access to healthy foods, exercising and maintaining a healthy lifestyle and weight can be difficult. Being overweight or having an unhealthy lifestyle is one of the most common national risk factors for cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes and hypertension. One study showed a correlation between two recent studies in... half of article... safety is associated with diabetes mellitus: results from the National Health Examination and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002. Journal of general internal medicine. 2002.5.Trevino, R., Fogt, D., Wyatt, T., Leal-Vasquez, L., Sosa, E., Woods, C. Risk of diabetes, low physical fitness, and levels of energy insufficiency among children from poor families. American Dietetic Association. 2008.vol. 108. P 1846-1853.6.Guillaume M, Lapidus L, Björntorp P, Lambert A. Department of Epidemiology, National Center for Nutrition and Health Research, Brussels, Belgium. Physical activity, obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in children. The Luxembourg Belgian Childhood Study II. Res. Obese. 1997 November;5(6):549-56.7.Robert Beaglehole, DSc, FRSNZ; Srinath Reddy, MD, DM; Stephen R. Leeder, MD, PhD Poverty and human development: the global implications of cardiovascular disease