How does living in a food desert impact an individual's health outcomes?

What will be an ideal response?


Someone living in a food desert does not have easy access to fresh, healthy foods, and might experience health problems related to obesity and malnutrition.

Sociology

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According to Sutherland's differential association theory, a person becomes deviant or delinquent when there is a(n)

a) economic strain produced by a lack of economic opportunity. b) political movement that calls for attacks on social inequality. c) excess of deviant contacts favorable to violation of the law. d) absence of deviant contacts calling for obeying the law.

Sociology

Social epidemiology is defined as the

A. total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time. B. total number of communicable diseases that exist at a given time. C. study of the distribution of disease, impairment, and general health status across a population. D. total number of cases of infant deaths for a given population during a specific period of time.

Sociology

According to Bales, problems that involve the maintenance of individual satisfaction, the handling of disagreements, and the handling of related matters are known as ____

a. social-emotional problems b. goal displacement c. instrumental problems d. interaction problems e. status upheavals

Sociology

Weighing compatibilities of incomes, career goals, and values in a potential spouse is called the __________ theory

a. exchange b. assortative c. mating d. socialization

Sociology