Sentences with phrase «of food deserts»

When you dig into the data on the health impacts of food deserts, you see that obesity and diabetes rates go up in areas with little access to healthy food options.

Living in a small college town without a car is its own kind of food desert, like why can't I find any broccoli this week?

I think this country's food issues are so deeply flawed that each of these attempts at a solution are destined to fail unless shored up with adequate food security, elimination of food deserts in poor communities, the elimination of price supports for foods that don't support our health, etc..

In this edition of perfectly interesting news we have addressed the topic of food deserts (keep reading for an explanation of what they are) and how some inspirational people are making a difference.

Here's the trickiest part of food deserts: They're often hidden in plain sight, all over urban areas.

Aside from basic fruit and vegetable consumption, on the rise thanks to an increase in farmers markets and efforts to whittle down the number of food deserts in the U.S., nondairy milk is the leading plant - based category, and it's taking a toll on conventional dairy.

Our topic under the umbrella of food insecurity is the existence of food deserts in both rural and urban areas within the U.S. and how they compare and / or contrast in their causes and potential...

Some researchers dispute the notion of a food desert, suggesting that it comes down to «food culture.»

In this edition of perfectly interesting news we have addressed the topic of food deserts (keep reading for an explanation of...