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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.
A longitudinal study of food deserts in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that supermarket availability is generally unrelated to fruit and vegetable recommendations and overall diet quality. [58] In a 2018 article in Guernica, Karen Washington states that factors beyond physical access suggest the community should reexamine the word food desert itself.
Food deserts occur in poor urban areas with limited or no access to healthful affordable food options. [26] [27] Low income families are more likely to not have access to transportation so tend to be negatively affected by food deserts. [26] An influx of people moving into such urban areas has magnified the existing problems of food access. [28]
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. [24] However, the definition and number of people living in food deserts is constantly evolving as it depends on census information. [27]
Food insecurity among families with children rose significantly last year after falling markedly in 2021, according to a US Department of Agriculture report released Wednesday.. Children were food ...
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. ...
The Locator provides a spatial view of food deserts, defined as a low-income census tract where a substantial number or share of residents has low access to a supermarket or large grocery store. The mapped deserts can be used to direct agency resources to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables and other food assistance programs. [145]
The U.N. delivered grim news on global food security Wednesday: 2.4 billion people didn’t have constant access to food last year, as many as 783 million faced hunger, and 148 million children ...