fringe- foods that offer insufficient nutrients‚ and sell little-to-no fresh produce or dairy products. These areas that are void of fresh produce are often called “food deserts.” A food desert is described as a geographical area where fresh produce is hard to obtain‚ particularly for those who do not have access to transportation. Because many of the people who live in food deserts commonly have unreliable transportation‚ they are forced to shop at convenient stores or eat at nearby fast-food restaurants
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of viable grocery store options. Chicago has an abundant amount of restaurants food options; however‚ many of those food options are not the healthiest. Food deserts are caused by food availability‚ location of grocery stores‚ and affordability of food. Throughout the Chicago area‚ there are countless unhealthy food options. Just walking down a street one is able to see at least two fast food places. Since fast food places are within walking distance‚ people frequent
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In major cities in the United States‚ citizen`s access to affordable nutritious food has become an emerging issue. Citizens find themselves without healthy options for nutritious food to feed themselves or their children. This is due to physical distance from supermarkets‚ food affordability‚ and many other factors. This phenomenon has been defined as a food desert. The Congressional report to the Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture‚ about 2.3 million people (or 2.2 percent
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Introduce this section with the food chain discussion card called ‘Under the sea’. Food chains are a flow of energy Food webs exist in a delicate balance. If one animal’s source of food disappears‚ perhaps from a natural cause such as a drought or a killer disease‚ many other animals in the food chain are affected. Some populations may decline‚ and some explode. Humans are usually at the top of the chain and are often responsible for disrupting food webs. All living things depend
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FOOD CHAINS and FOOD WEBS There are two types of feeding relationships: autotrophic and heterotrophic. Autotrophic organisms make their own food by the process of photosynthesis e.g. plants. Heterotrophic organisms cannot make their own food (i.e. cannot carry out photosynthesis)‚ therefore must eat other organisms to get their nutrients e.g. animals. A food chain is the feeding relationship among organisms or the series of living organisms that eat each other. A food chain shows the transfer
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Food deserts can be hazardous to your health. Living in a food desert matters a lot when it comes to a pair of serious public health issues: obesity and diabetes. As we’ve written before‚ these problems vary across communities‚ and the data show that they’re clearly related to the prevalence of food deserts. Nationally‚ according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data‚ counties with the highest percentage of households living in food deserts (10 percent or more) had rates of adult obesity in 2008
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Topic: “Food Dessert”: Providing fresh‚ nutritious and affordable foods 1. What is the potential relationship between not having fresh‚ nutritious and affordable foods and obesity among the youth? 2. What are the possible connections between low food accessibility and poor diets in low-income communities? Results: The results may lead to a decline in poor diets and in low-income communities. The results may lead to a decrease in obesity among the youth. Background: Community “Food Desert”
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This chapter spoke about food deserts‚ which is an urban area where it is difficult to buy good quality foods. In Oakland California‚ there is many liquor stores‚ fast food restaurants‚ and establishments that provide non nutritious foods. I was shocked to find out that when employment went up the prices of needs like foods and rent also went up. I think it is unfair to have these things happen because as people are trying to better themselves‚ the marketplace makes it more difficult for them to
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include my comments in here in red so that you see where they correspond in the paper itself. A Food Desert’s Impact on Health Food deserts are defined as areas which have little to no access to traditional supermarkets with a wide variety of fresh and nutritious foods. (In my opinion this is a little odd beginning. Starting a paper with a definition doesn’t draw the reader in.) Frequently‚ the deserts exist in outlying (but urban) areas which have a high population of low-income and elderly residents
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Sergio Arciniega Prof. Harrison ESW 99 15 July 2017 Food deserts are areas of a community where stores or markets‚ lack fruits‚ vegetables‚ and other whole foods. Food deserts in America become a problem when people can’t afford the food due to low income‚ the traveling distance to stores‚ and when children become obese due to the lack of nutrition. Food is a daily necessity that everyone needs to get their energy throughout the day. The nutritious food that everyone needs is found in your local grocery
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