The Influence Of Food Deserts

Food Deserts force families to consume un-healthy food alternatives for higher prices, and leads to further chain reactions that effect the residents physically but also financially. Due to the scarcity of the more diverse food options that super markets provide, neighborhood residents are afflicted with many maladies associated with poor eating habits. Eventually, these poor eating habits lead to obesity which can further lead towards diabetes and even cancer. In addition, Food Deserts are bad for communities, contributes to the overall wealth of the inhabitants of the neighborhood in which due to the expensive food choices that the neighborhood is left with. These choices include but are not limited to corner stores and fast food joints. Food Deserts can also be a major sources of isolation amongst neighborhoods, and scares off potential new residents that could add to the neighborhoods revenue. Food Deserts leave struggling …show more content…
Substantial evidence proves unhealthy eating habits, contribute towards the overall poor health of many American citizens. In 2013, NBC posted an article that attributed 18% of American deaths towards obesity. In 1980, obesity was not the extreme cases that we see in today society. No states in the 1980s reported having an obesity rate higher than 15 percent, but in 2014 every state now has a rate of 20 percent with 13 going up to 30 percent (theeconomist.com,1/21/14, “Healthier Not Healthy”). This evidence shows the harsh reality associated with poor diets. Consuming unhealthy choices such as fast food, can add thousands of empty calories to the average person’s diet that can’t be worked off during the average worked filled day that comes with sedentary