Hunger is NOT the same as a need to feel full. Hunger coexists with and is a key contributor to the social stigma of obesity. Any area with a maldistribution of food, where there’s poor access to good diets, inequities in the food labor process and unfair returns for key suppliers of food is fundamentally defined as food desert. The commonly perceived narrative of food scarce urban neighborhoods ignore the fact that many residents cannot afford memberships to big bulk box stores, may not have reliable or sizable cars to transport groceries, and may not have sufficient storage space for holding and maintaining food if any. Like most things, when your access to food is poor, you are placed into a situation where you will take whatever you can get. Often times this results in high processed meals, heavy amounts of sodium, sugars and fats being consumed because of their oversaturation within these neighborhoods and their medium to low cost. This means that a conversation of hunger cannot be conducted without simultaneously discussing overconsumption and malnutrition.
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