Food swamp

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A food swamp is an urban environment with an abundance of several non-nutritious food options such as corner stores or fast-food restaurants. The term was coined in 2009 by Donald Rose and his colleagues at the University of Michigan in a report on food access in New Orleans.

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I actually think this might be a better term for a lot of the areas that people refer to as food deserts in the USA. It’s not a lack of access to any food it’s a lack of access to healthy food in a lot of cases.

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