What Is a Food Desert

question 13

Multiple Choice

What is a food desert?

• A) an urban area where people live with no access to any foods for purchase
• B) an area where no fast-food restaurants are available for quick and easy meals
• C) a rural area where only local supermarkets are available
• D) an area where only convenience stores and fast-food restaurants sell food

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