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1 de ene. de 2019 · Food deserts (FD), low-income areas with low-access to healthful foods, are associated with higher burden of cardiovascular risk factors. Few studies have examined the impact of FD on clinical outcomes in heart failure (HF). FD status was assessed in 457 HF patients (mean age 55.9 ± 12.5 years; 50.3% Black) using the Food Desert Research Atlas.
5 de ene. de 2017 · One unique consequence of this change has been the rise in “food deserts.” These are areas where it is considered near impossible to find healthy foods. It should come as no surprise that food deserts are particularly harmful to seniors, who bear the biggest burdens of poor nutrition. Over 20 Million Americans in Food Desert
3 de ene. de 2023 · The results showed that people living in food-desert school districts had 12.76% of the population living below the poverty line compared to 10.69% of those in non-food desert school districts. The analysis of childhood weight status showed that about 16% of the schools and 14% of those participating lived in a food desert.
1 de ago. de 2019 · Table 1 provides summary statistics for the sample in the first wave, 2006, by whether the sample member was always or never in a food desert, as well as by if their food desert status improved or declined from 2006 to 2014. Continuous residents of food deserts (Column 2) were more likely to be married, less likely to have a child living nearby, and less likely to have at least some college ...
11 de jun. de 2020 · Having at least one morbid condition was the only variable that demonstrated a significant association with the food desert in multivariable analyses (47.2% vs 35.6%) (odds ratio [OR] 1.62, 95% CI ...
20 de abr. de 2023 · The United States Department of Agriculture's definition of Food Deserts defines food deserts as places that have meet a particular threshold for being low income and low access. For low income thresholds, it's a poverty rate of 20 percent or greater, or a median family income at or below 80 percent of the statewide or metropolitan area median ...
15 de ene. de 2019 · The overall frequency of all-cause hospitalizations was higher in patients who lived in a FD. Including repeat episodes, there were 94.1 (82.4 to 107.4) all-cause hospitalizations per 100 patient-years in the group who lived in a FD, compared with 63.6 (58.5 to 69.1) in the group who did not live in a FD (Figure 1).After adjustment for covariates, living in a FD was associated with a 21% ...
