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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 ...
White cites the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 2005–2006 to point out that 52.9% of black women are obese, compared to 37.2% of black men and 32.9% of white women due to phenomena like food deserts and food insecurity. Because the socioeconomic status of black communities in Detroit are a huge part of the food insecurity ...
Burlingame, Kansas (pictured) is an example of a food desert. All three preexisting grocery stores in Burlingame closed, and the closest grocery store is over 40 km (25 mi) away in Topeka, Kansas. [1] A food desert is an area that has limited access to food that is plentiful, affordable, or nutritious.
While the U.S. is, on the whole, a wealthy country, currently one in eight Americans is food insecure.
California's law went into effect in January 2022, with the statewide goal of recovering (i.e., not trashing) 20 % of edible food by 2025. Food producers and distributors must donate edible food ...
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. [68] However, the definition and number of people living in food deserts is constantly evolving as it depends on census information. [71]
A 2016 USDA map. According to the Medley Food Desert Project, in 2017, nearly 24 million Americans lived in food deserts. [7] 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 ...
In the early 2000s, the metaphor of food deserts- low income communities that do not have access to grocery stores and nutritious foods- have been connected to health disparities. [21] More than 29 million of US residents are reported to live in neighborhoods that resemble a food desert. [ 21 ]