Define
Food Desert in rural area
An area where at least 1/3 of the population lives greater than 10 mile away from a supermarket for rural areas
When did food deserts become a hot topic in American Public Policy?
2010
Why are dollar stores a problem?
They do not have healthy food, only processed and frozen goods
Why did people protest the opening of trader joes in poor Portland, Oregon neighborhoods?
Richard Rothstein
Author of the book "Color of Law"
Food deserts in suburban area
An area where at least 1/3 of the population lives greater than 1 mile away from a supermarket for suburban areas
When did America's Healthy Food Financing initiative begin?
2010
How many grocery stores/supermarkets were located in the US as of 2020?
41,000
How does systemic oppression play a part in shaping behavior?
Racially ethnic people have developed taste preferences because they get use to eating the low quality foods that they have been eating and only want/crave to continue to eat that.
James Gavin III
Board chair emeritus partner ship of healthier america
White Flight
Middle class white families moved to suburban areas and many businesses, including grocery stores, followed & people of color were left in underserved communities
When can the origins of food deserts be traced back to?
1960s
What is the profit margin for grocery stores/supermarket in general?
1-2%
What did the National Bureau of Economic Research find a correlation with food choices?
Family Education level
Beverly Black
Director of D.C. Hunger Solutions
America's Health Food Financing Initiative
Multimillion dollar investment designed to eliminate food deserts in America within 7 years.
When did the congress pass the interstate highway act?
1956
What is the profit margin for food desert stores?
-4%
Will placing grocery stores in food desert area solve the countries food desert problems?
No
Luis Guardia
President of Food Research & Action Center
SNAP
Food stamps
What date does housing discriminating practice date back to?
1930s
How much does home value appreciate if they are located 1 mile from Trader Joes?
10% more than the average rate
Why did COVID 19 make food deserts worse during the first few months of the pandemic?
due to social distancing requirements access to transportation was difficult
Adetokunbo Shobaloju, MD, MS, MPH
Instructor of Public Health; Associate Course Director of Preventative Medicine and Public Health, Introduction to Cultural Competence in Healthcare and Professionalism and Medical Ethics | Middletown Campus