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Food deserts occur in poor urban areas with limited or no access to healthful affordable food options. [27] [28] Low income families are more likely to not have access to transportation so tend to be negatively affected by food deserts. [27] An influx of people moving into such urban areas has magnified the existing problems of food access. [29]
According to the USDA, in 2015, about 19 million people, around 6% of the United States population, lived in a food desert, and 2.1 million households both lived in a food desert and lacked access to a vehicle. [25] However, the definition and number of people living in food deserts is constantly evolving as it depends on census information. [28]
Over 500,000 Oklahomans are experiencing food insecurity, 200,000 of which are children. The fact that many children in our state are going to bed hungry is heartbreaking.
Equity in both the decision-making process and the distribution of resources is the core of the food justice movement and can be achieved through government policies. One possible course of action to combat food deserts may be in mandating that corner stores and such in food deserts provide some variation of fruits and vegetables.
Walmart has pledged to open 300 stores in food deserts by 2016; SuperValu , parent of Albertsons, Shaw's, and several other supermarket chains, has planned 250 stores in such locations.
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Children's Health Defense: childrenshealthdefense.org Active Accused by NBC of "[misinterpreting] research to stoke fears that vaccines might be dangerous for children and pregnant women". [186] Filed a lawsuit in 2020 against Facebook, PolitiFact, Science Feedback, and the Poynter Institute over advertisements and fact-checked claims.
A 2016 USDA map. According to the Medley Food Desert Project, in 2017, nearly 24 million Americans lived in food deserts. [16] Food deserts are heavily concentrated in southern states, which correlates with concentration of poverty, including the south's Black belt. The map shows the percentage of people without cars living in areas with no ...