Date of Award
2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of arts (BA)
Department
Global Honors
First Advisor
Dr. Christine Stevens
Abstract
What are food deserts? Can they contribute to poor health outcomes? What solutions have communities from different parts of the world found to lessen food desert's effects? Though food deserts are an incredibly complex issue, this paper will examine the factors that create food deserts, their link to poor health outcomes and how different global communities have established local and innovative solutions to this issue.
Recommended Citation
Bell, Christian, "The Global Food Fight: Tackling Food Deserts and Their Effects" (2019). Global Honors Theses. 74.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/gh_theses/74