Food Deserts: A Sociological Approach

Running head: Assignment 3: Using a Sociological Approach
Assignment 3: Using a Sociological Approach
Josephine Hutchinson
Professor: Dr. Lauren Goldstein
Introduction to Sociology
December 3, 2018

1Assignment 3: Using a Sociological Approach
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Food desserts are getting prominent in the urban areas as a social issue which needs
solution. Access to healthy food has become difficult in the urban areas. Food deserts are
the part of urban areas that has existence as there are no easy access to local grocery market
that would provide fresh fruits, vegetables, and other healthful whole food.
It is noteworthy, hat the issue is not only the supermarket located afar but also the
quickie marts selling approximately 25 per cent higher price for the vegetable and fruits,
that are uninterruptedly processed with chemicals. It has been also been contributing to
nation’s obesity.
The significant challenge is not only to find easy access to healthy food but also to
cope with the accessed food that are available at limited financial resources (Bowen,
MacNell, Shipman, 2017).