Chapter 7 Practice Test Questions

Access to Nutritious Food
  1. What is the meaning of the term “food security”?
  1. What are the challenges to achieving food security experienced by each of the following groups?
    • low-income people
    • Indigenous Peoples
    • people living with disabilities
    • seniors
    • young people
    • women
  1. How is unequal access to nutritious food explained by each of the following theories?
    • structural functionalism
    • conflict theory
    • feminist theory
    • symbolic interactionism
  1. What are some factors that prevent people from buying healthy food?
  1. Define the term “country food.” What is making this source of food less reliable?
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