food swamp
food swamp · food swamps
An urban environment with few grocery stores but several nonnutritious food options…An urban environment with few grocery stores but several nonnutritious food options such as corner stores or fast-food restaurants.
Meaning
1 sensesAn urban environment with few grocery stores but several nonnutritious food options such as corner stores or fast-food restaurants.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
Coined in a research paper published in 2009.Coined in a research paper published in 2009.
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Forms
plural: food swamps| Singular | food swamp |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.