Only 8% of the American population live in what could be qualified as a food des...

almost_usual · on Sept 30, 2022

So _only_ ~29 million people.

Edit:

What is your 8% source? 12.8% according to the USDA.

https://www.aecf.org/blog/exploring-americas-food-deserts

kaesar14 · on Sept 30, 2022

The statistics here are saying anywhere from 30-50% of each American state's population is obese so yeah I'm gonna venture to say food deserts are not the culprit here

Edit: Looks like the AECF link might've been edited as the Google preview said 8% - indeed is 12% on the same link. USDA says 10%: https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2011/05/03/interactive-web-t...

almost_usual · on Sept 30, 2022

The start of this thread was about unhealthy diets specific to poor minorities.

kaesar14 · on Sept 30, 2022

And still vast amounts more of poor minorities are obese than live in food deserts.