The Term Food Deserts Refers To

question 15

Multiple Choice

The term Food Deserts refers to:

• A) The final course in a meal, typically something sweet.
• B) Physical and economic barriers that exclude people from accessing health food.
• C) Areas where the land has been so over-farmed it is depleted of all nutrients.
• D) Countries that do not have sufficient agriculturally appropriate arable) land to farm.

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