I realize the article has issues, but the definition has sources cited for its common usage. If you don’t like the definition, fine, but it’s a definite term for a defined phenomenon. You don’t get to pretend the phenomenon doesn’t exist because the term isn’t perfect…
I guess I’ve just not heard of the term ‘food desert’ used to describe a lack of healthy food and not…… a lack of food period.
you probably have but maybe just didn’t realise it, since that’s what it means:
A food desert is an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food.[1][2][3] In contrast, an area with greater access to supermarkets and vegetable shops with fresh foods may be called a food oasis.[4] The designation considers the type and the quality of food available to the population, in addition to the accessibility of the food through the size and the proximity of the food stores.[5]
If you’re in a food desert then how did you build up all that arterial plaque?
Bro, in a food desert – it’s all fast-food joints and corner stores. Arteries are getting clogged up with all those fries and sodas.
But that’s not a desert tho… deserts are barren of all sustenance it just healthy sustenance
But okay
But…that is the common definition of “food desert.”
“A food desert is an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food.”
I realize the article has issues, but the definition has sources cited for its common usage. If you don’t like the definition, fine, but it’s a definite term for a defined phenomenon. You don’t get to pretend the phenomenon doesn’t exist because the term isn’t perfect…
Maybe English isn’t their first language. I never heard of the phrase before. TIL.
Also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert
Fast food. Grocery store options are limited but fast food places are plentiful
I guess I’ve just not heard of the term ‘food desert’ used to describe a lack of healthy food and not…… a lack of food period.
Fast food is food too, just not good food. Semantics ig
you probably have but maybe just didn’t realise it, since that’s what it means:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert
User name checks out
Close enough?
I wonder what the accepted term is for a place without any food.
Food vacuum maybe?