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Mathew's Peer Review
Could use more details. Create a strong lead and ensure that your information is unbiased. Find more articles to cite and create a more detailed section.

Draft
People moving from towns to more urbanized areas has brought about the challenge of providing food, goods, and other services. While urban areas have been progressing in terms of certain opportunities the poor still struggle. As people move to these urban areas they have been forced to adopt new methods for cooking and acquiring food. Adults in urban areas tend to be obese, but they have malnourished and underweight children. Lack of nutritious food due to their inability to access a traditional super market. When supermarkets are inaccessible it is proven that vegetable and fruit intake is lower. When prices are high and there is a lack of financial assistance many living in places with limited grocery stores find themselves in a situation where they are unable to access the food they need. Food deserts affect a high percentage of minorities due to them being a part of a lower socioeconomic class. The issue with urban food deserts is not always the lack of food in the area, but the lack of nutritional knowledge and the food inequality seen in urban areas.

According to research conducted by Tulane University in 2009 2.3 million Americans lived more than one mile away from a super market, and did not own a car. For those that live in these urban food deserts often times they do not have access to culturally appropriate foods. Many people also do not get foods that meet their health restrictions such as allergies or food intolerance. The time and cost it takes for people to grocery shop makes fast food more desirable. There is also a price variance when it comes to small grocery stores that affect people in lower income areas from purchasing healthier food options.

Article Evaluation
The Sociology of food article does in fact have related information on its page, however under the dieting section of the page there are no citations, and that is a necessity to having a factual Wikipedia article. I think that some sections could use more information or links to other pages. For example there is more information I feel that could be included on the obesity section including race class and gender and its effects on obesity. If you are going to understand the sociology of food I think that you should look into all factors that play into it. The disorders could also use more information and could link to other more in depth articles. The tone of this article is neutral and seems to just be pointing out facts. The links on the page do work, but there are very few links to other articles that could expand on certain topics. There is only one comment under the talk section of this article, and it is a part of the Wiki projects. We look at food through an Afrocentric lens and understanding that the effects of food vary because of race, class, and gender. Wikipedia does not necessarily have a very specific way of viewing the sociology of food, one can assume that this may be from a more Eurocentric view. The article on food deserts was much more descriptive than the first article I read on the Sociology of Food. The article did go into a great deal details and the links to other pages worked. I think that there could have been a link that would have taken me to a page dedicated to urban food deserts. The work and family section on the page was also very brief and should be researched more from a sociological perspective. The impact on health should have been more of a key piece of the article because food deserts impact a persons entire life starting at their health. If a person is sick they cannot effectively work and that impacts other aspects of their life. This is a part of WikiProjects and there are extensive changes being made on the page under the talk section. I think that there should definitely be more information on the impact of food deserts in low income areas and why they are more impacted more.

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Amira's Edits [Mistakenly posted in my Sandbox first]
- You need to expand your info on urban food desserts

- Sounds a little biased?

- Include more quantitative data

- Overall you're on a good track, just needs more work