Access to quality food in the District is limited in every ward but the most affluent west of Rock Creek Park, a new study finds, putting whole communities at risk for health problems and children in danger of slow development.

The assessment and scorecard on “food security” in the District, produced by D.C. Hunger Solutions for the mayor’s Commission on Food and Nutrition, found Ward 8 most at risk, receiving an overall grade of D-minus. Grading was based on nine factors, including access to grocery stores, food stamps and farmers’ markets, reliance on food banks, obesity prevalence and poverty.