Historical Context
The term "food deserts" was reportedly used first back in the early 1990's to describe poorly-conditioned urban neighborhoods. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), poor communities where residents are unable to buy healthy, affordable food because of the lack of stores in the area. Prices for all sorts of items was extremely low during the '90s to mid-2000's, but rapidly increased and has stayed that way since. That high number has since affected people who live in rural or urban neighborhoods. As time passed, it was discovered that food deserts, unfortunately, bumped up the number of obesity. The fact that wealthier neighborhoods, usually white people areas, have three times as many supermarkets as poorer communities, predominantly black areas can likely lead people to believe how food deserts gained coverage.