Erik Neri

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1)

Beaulac, Julie, Elizabeth Kristjansson, and Steven Cummins. "Result Filters." National

Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 15 June 2009. Web.
26 Oct. 2015.
In this source I am going to mention is from the internet, and it is a study of whether or
not food deserts are a myth. There were 49 different studies conducted in 5 different countries,
and there was a general mix of data. The conclusion was that the study found to have enough
evidence to prove food deserts exist in America, while that was not the case for other developed
nations. I think it is a very important piece of evidence that should help skeptics get over the
fence of whether or not food deserts are real or not. The studys sample size is very interesting
because it is so large and encapsulates several countries, that is also what concerns me about this
source because often times when your sample size is so big the bigger chance there is of a
mistake in the data.
2)

Pearson, Tim. "Do food Deserts Influence Fruit and Vegetable Consumption?a

Cross-sectional Study." Do 'food Deserts' Influence Fruit and Vegetable Consumption?-a Crosssectional Study. N.p., 2005. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.
The second source I read and analyzed was a study that investigated ties between
peoples diets and their distance from supermarkets, deprivation to fresh fruits and vegetables, in
low income communities. A postal survey of 1000 addresses gathered information on family
demographics, supermarket, shop use, car ownership, mobility and previous day's fruit and
vegetable intake. (Direct quotation from source 2; Pearson, Tim). However the conclusion was
that none of these factors contributed to these peoples fruit or vegetable intake. I think this was a
very interesting study because the data challenges one of my main arguments about how if

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people had access to a proper wealth of healthy food options then they would eat healthier. This
data proves otherwise and I think it is very important to have sources that point you in a different
direction like this one. However it does not mean that we are better off not having a healthy
accessibility to fresh produce in more areas. The study tells me that there is a problem with the
people who are fortunate enough to have these fresh foods at their disposal. It seems that there is
a lack of mentoring about the benefits of healthy foods in these areas.
3)

Gustafon, Alison A., Joseph Sharkey, Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge, Jesse Jones-Smith,

Mary Cordon Folds, Jianwen Cai, and Alice S. Ammerman. "Perceived and Objective Measures
of the Food Store Environment and the Association with Weight and Diet among Low-income
Women in North Carolina." Public Health Nutrition. N.p., 16 Feb. 2011. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.
The third sources objective was to collect census data from low-income women, and to
see whether what stores they lived near affected their weight. The study selected 186 low-income
women from 6 different counties in North Carolina. The study concluded that women with
supermarkets near them weigh more than the women without one, and found out that women
with access to both consume fewer servings of fresh fruits and vegetables. I thought this was
very interesting because the data comes from counties in North Carolina, I did not think I could
find data that came from so close to home. The study actually tells a similar story to the last
study I analyzed. It shows a trend of how people who are privileged enough to have convenient
access to fresh food tend to eat less healthy. I feel like that is a whole separate problem to the one
I am tackling, but I do think it is very important for us to change the way we eat because it is up
to us to set an example for younger generations in the hope of lessening child obesity and other
preventable health issues.

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4)

Jilcott, Stephanie B., Haiyong Liu, Justin B. Moore, Jeffrey W. Bethel, James Wilson, and

Alice S. Ammerman. "Commute Times, Food Retail Gaps, and Body Mass Index in North
Carolina Counties." Preventing Chronic Disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 15
Aug. 2010. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.
The fourth source I analyzed focused on a study that wanted to prove the claim that
people that live in urban areas tend to be less obese. The data used old 2000 census data,
however I think this is still relevant data. The conclusion is that there are longer commute times
and basically there is a drop in intense physical activity, therefore resulting in higher obesity
rates. The study refers to the time spent in cars is much more in rural areas. That is largely due to
the fact that everything is not in walking distance in rural areas. However I have to think about
the people that dont have access to a vehicle for whatever reason are even more affected because
of the lack of fresh food that is unavailable. In super rural places even if there is access to a
vehicle the nearest supermarket might be at least 30 minutes from where they live, and that is not
always the most convenient.
5)

"Living in a Desert." YouTube. Naked Juice Company, 22 Aug. 2013. Web. 04 Nov. 2015.
This is a YouTube video titled Living in a Desert that was posted by the Naked Juice

Company. The video shows different scenes of a lower income neighborhood in Los Angeles,
California, while interviewing several different people in the community. The people interviewed
were all passing the time at a local park where all the interviews seem to have taken place. At
first the people were asked more simple questions like what their favorite fruit or vegetable was,
then they were asked about the conditions of the neighborhood food that was accessible to them.
The responses were all very similar, all the people interviewed kept saying how expensive
healthy food was compared to not so healthy food. One of the gentlemen that was interviewed

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went into detail about how he felt limited to the amount of things he could bring home from the
grocery store, and wondered how people buy all they need to buy if they dont have a means of
bringing it home with them. The people that were interviewed also went into detail about how
bad the quality of the food in their neighborhood corner store is.