English Dictionary

food desert

IPA（発音記号）

/fuːd ˈdɛzə(ɹ)t/

名詞

A populated region where food, especially healthy food, is difficult to obtain.

日本語の意味

食料、特に健康的な食品を得にくい地域、すなわち住民が十分な選択肢のある食品を入手できない地域

Many residents of the neighborhood struggle to eat healthily because their area has become a food desert.

その地域は新鮮で栄養のある食べ物にアクセスできない地域になってしまったため、多くの住民は健康的に食事をするのに苦労している。

意味（1）

A populated region where food, especially healthy food, is difficult to obtain.

For years, major supermarket chains have been criticized for abandoning densely populated, largely black and Latino communities in cities like Detroit, Los Angeles, Memphis and Newark, N.J. — contributing to what many experts call food deserts.

food deserts （ plural ）