Essay On Food Deserts

Living in foods deserts puts you at a higher risk for a number of diseases. The diseases that are most likely common to see in food deserts are obesity and diabetes. Obesity is the condition in which a person id grossly fat or overweight. The reason for people living in food deserts have such high rates of diabetes has less to do with overeating and more so to do with the type of food they eat. Food deserts are known for its abundance of junk for and lack of nutritional food. When these people are only offered this unhealthy and processed food they are more likely to eat it more often. They get into the habit of eating junk food on a daily basis. All of the fattening qualities and empty calories that are in the food is what causes the weight gain. If these people were to eat the same amount of food that they already are but only a healthier version of it then the obesity problem would not be as bad. When healthy food is not even offered to be purchased in the first place it is forcing …show more content…
Food is thing that feeds and powers the world. When our food situation is compromised it can lead to devastating costs. That is why food deserts are something that Americans need to start taking more seriously. According to Esther Probyn, food is in relationship with power, se, and body image (Shanon).This means that who every controls the food is the one that has all the power.
We can start to address the food desert issue buy having better quality grocery stores need to be built in urban areas. This grocery stores cannot just be like another bigger gas station that only sells junk food. These store must sell healthy fresh nutritional food year round. Farmers markets in areas of food insecurity are another great way to distribute healthy food throughout the community. Not only must this food be healthy but it also has to be affordable to the people of that