Welcome to the Food Desert Website

Feeling hungry? No proper food in the house? Can't face that trek to the shops? Tempted by a burger and some chips from the local takeaway, or a chocolate bar, but it's not really healthy, is it? You may be living in a food desert.  The food desert website tells you all about food deserts, why they affect everybody, the links to globalisation and social exclusion, and how the effects of food deserts may be alleviated or eliminated.

 

 

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Part One Food Deserts and Obesity

 

What is a food desert

How did food deserts develop

Where are the food deserts

 

Obesity levels worldwide

Obesity map of London

Part Two Food Retailing

UK supermarket sales and profits

UK Supermarket market share

Tesco history

Non-Tesco history

Current issues (supermarkets)

Small food retailers

Non UK retailing, supermarkets and small shops, brief history of selected retailers

European countries

Asia, Africa, and the Americas

Part Three Food Access Maps

Food Retail Maps (UK)

Food Desert Finder (UK).

Part Four Historical Events

Historical Events by date (back to top) (100pp)

Calculate the day of the week of any day from 1 January 350 BCE to 1 January 2150 CE here, also the number of days between this day and any other within this time period. Day zero is Tuesday 8 May 1945 (end of WW2 in Europe), and dates before this time have �ve numbers. All days falling on 1 January are listed by day of week and number of days before/after 8 May 1945If the day/date you require is not listed. use this table to calculate the 1st of the month day number from 1 January, then calculate your day from there.

1 February

1 March

1 April

1 May

I June

1 July

+31

+59

+90

+120

+151

+181

Leap year

+60

+91

+121

+152

+182

1 July

1 Aug

1 Sept

1 Oct

1 Nov

1 Dec.

-184

-153

-122

-92

-61

-31

Note, i) Because there is a �day zero�, day period lengths before/after 8 May 1945 can be calculated by simple subtraction ii) Because day zero was a Tuesday, all Tuesdays must have a number divisible by 7 iii) The Gregorian Calendar is used from 1752, date of adoption in Britain. The Julian calendar is used from date of inception, 44 BCE. Day/dates before 44 BCE are calculated using a notional Gregorian calendar.

 

 

1 Jan 2000 to now

I Jan 1990 to 31 Dec 1999

I Jan 1980 to 31 Dec 1989

I Jan 1970 to 31 Dec 1979

 

1 Jan 1960 to 31 Dec 1969

1 Jan 1950 to 31 Dec 1959

1 Jan 1945 to 31 Dec 1949

1 Jan 1940 to 31 Dec 1944

1 Jan 1940 to 31 Dec 1944

1 Jan 1920 to 31 Dec 1929

1 Jan 1913 to 31 Dec 1919

1 Jan 1900 to 31 Dec 1906

1 Jan 1907 to 31 Dec 1912

1 Jan 1880 to 31 Dec 1899

1 Jan 1860 to 31 Dec 1879

 

 

I Jan 1830 to 31 Dec 1859

I Jan 1810 to 31 Dec 1829

1 Jan 1800 to 31 Dec 1809

1 Jan 1770 to 31 Dec 1799

1 Jan 1700 to 31 Dec 1769

1 Jan 1600 to 31 Dec 1699

1 Jan 1500 to 31 Dec 1599

1 Jan 1200 to 31 Dec 1499

 

1 Jan 700 to 31 Dec 1199

Up to 31 Dec 699

Historical Events by subject (back to top) (60pp)


Google Earth, changes over time 170 locations that have changed on satellite views.

Countries / Regions,

Europe

Eastern Europe

International Agencies

 

European Union

Albania

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Caucasus Republics

 

 

Cyprus

Czechia, Slovakia

Denmark

Denmark Map

Finland

Finland Map

France & Germany from 1/1/1816

ex. WW2 1939-45

ex. WW1 1914-18

France Map

World War Two in Europe

World War One in Europe

France & Germany to 31/12/1815

 

 

Scotland pre 1707 Act of Union

England & Wales MSOA maps

Great Britain from 1/1/1900

Britain Maps Index

Great Britain to 31/12/1899

Britain Maps Index

British Royal Family from 1760

London

London Map

Greece

 

Greenland

Greenland, Arctic, map

 

Hungary

Iceland

Iceland map

Ireland

Italy

Sardinia, changes

Italy-Sicily

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Netherlands

Norway

Norway Map

Poland

Portugal

Portugal Map

Roman Empire

Romania

Russia/USSR

Spain

Sweden

Sweden map

Switzerland

Yugoslavia

 

 

 

Asia

 

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Cambodia

China

Fiji

 

Middle East

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan 1891 onwards

Japan pre 1891

Lebanon

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

 

Korea to 1945

Korea from 1945

Mongolia

 

Myanmar

 

Pakistan

Philippines

Saudi Arabia

 

South East Asia

Sri Lanka

Syria

Tajikistan

Thailand

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Yemen

Oceania

Antarctica

Australia

Hawaii

 

New Zealand

 

Africa

Africa See also separate countries listed here ->

 

Algeria

Angola

Angola changes map

Cameroon

Cameroon changes map

Chad

Chad changes map

Comoros Islands

Congo-Kinshasa

Congo-Kinshasa changes map

 

Cote D�Ivoire

Cote D�Ivoire changes

Egypt

Ethiopia & Eritrea

Eritrea changes

Ethiopia changes

Ghana

Kenya

Kenya changes map

Madagascar

Madagascar changes map

Malawi

Malawi changes map

Mali

 

Morocco

Mozambique

Mozambique changes map

Namibia

Namibia changes map

Nigeria

South Africa

Sudan & South Sudan

Sudan changes map

 

 

Tanzania

Tanzania changes map

Tunisia

Tunisia changes map

Uganda

Uganda changes map

Zambia

Zambia changes map

 

 

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe changes map

North America

Canada

USA

Indigenous American Nations

Central America and Caribbean

South & Central America See also individual countries listed here ->

 

Cuba

El Salvador

Guatemala

Haiti

 

Honduras

Mexico (inc Aztec, Maya, Toltec)

Nicaragua

Panama

 

 

South America

South & Central America See also individual countries listed here

Argentina

Belize

 

Bolivia

Bolivia changes map

 

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Falklands Islands

Paraguay

Paraguay changes map

Peru Includes Chavin, Inca, Moche

Peru changes map

 

Uruguay

Uruguay changes map

Venezuela

Arts and Media

Arts (Aural)

Media, culture,

Newspapers, Comics

Arts (Visual)

TV, radio, schedules

 

Arts (Written)

TV, radio, broadcasts

 

Economy and Education


Economy & Prices

Companies, banks

Historical Exchange Rates

Work conditions,

Trades Unions

Inequality

measures

 

Education, Philosophers

Education, Schools

Education, Universities � non UK

 

Education Universities USA

Education Universities UK

Food


Farming

Food

Food � Alcoholic drinks

 

Food- cooking and fridges

Food - Restaurants

Meat, Chicken, Eggs, Poultry

Sugar

Tea & Coffee

Human Technology


Cartography

Built Environment

Light, Cameras

Road Technology

Computing, IT

Metrology

Atomic Power & Electricity

Military

Technology & Innovation

Atom Bomb tests and

development

 

Telegraph, TV, Radio

Morals and Fashion

Abortion / Birth Control

Alcohol Regulation and

Prohibition

Clothing and Cosmetics

Homosexuality

Morals & Fashion

Tobacco, Smoking

Animal Protection

 

 

Child Welfare

Women�s Rights

Women first careers, roles

Crime & Punishment

Capital Punishment

Prisons

Racial Equality

Slavery

 

Physical World


Astronomy & Space

Chemistry & Elements

Biology

Earthquakes

Weather Events

Medicine

Geology and mining

Mathematics

Hospitals

 

Maths - Prime Numbers

 

Environment

Books & Printing

Covid-19 Pandemic

Animal Protection

Whales & Whaling

 

Religions


Christianity

Christian Missionary

Christian Buildings

Papal Succession

Islam & Middle East

Judaism & Israel

Sport


Sports & Games

Sport - Athletics

Sport - Boxing

Sport - Cricket

Sport - Football

Sport - Golf

Sport � Horse Racing

Sport � Motor racing

Sport - Olympics

Sport - Rugby

Sport - Tennis

 

Transport


Aviation

Railways - Tunnels

Railways � Great Britain

Aviation companies

 

Railways - social effects

Canal Transport

Sea Transport

Railways � non GB

 

 

London Underground

Road Construction

Road Traffic

Road Technology

Road Traffic Regulations

Manufacturers, models

 

Part Five Global Economic Indicators

Click here for a page linking to essential economic data for the world�s major national economies

 

Shaw Food Solutions 2003 - 2015.The material on this site is open access and may be freely cited, so long as www.fooddeserts.org is acknowledged as the source.

To help this website become more informative and useful for the community, please email any information or links you feel it might be useful include to hillshaw@aol.com for example food retail information, historical dates, economic data etc.

Contact us at

Dr Hillary J Shaw: hshaw@fooddeserts.org or hillshaw@aol.com

Dr Julia J A Shaw: jshaw@dmu.ac.uk