Food Deserts

What is a food desert?

• A location in which residents have limited access to affordable healthy food

• An area with an abundance of unhealthy food

• an area where residents have access to healthy food, but choose not to purchase it

What is a food swamp?

• a location in which residents have limited access to affordable healthy food

• An area with an abundance of unhealthy food

• an area where residents have access to healthy food, but choose not to purchase it

What are some health risks of living in a food desert?

• Food deserts have no impact on health

• increased chance of diabetes, heart disease, and obesity

• decreased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and obesity

What could be a potential positive that comes from food deserts?

• Money being spent trying to solve this issue

• Community health as a hole

• community comradery

How many people are affected by food deserts in the USA?

• 10 million

• 20 million

• over 30 million

What has been seen following integration of a supermarket into a food desert?

• People make far more healthy choices

• people consume similar foods compared to before

• Peoples diets become worse

A potential solution to addressing food deserts is

• education

• community lead initiatives

• roof top gardens

• all answers are correct