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To assess chronic disease risk factors among low-income adults living in a food desert in a southwestern urban community. Design, Setting and Participants Cross-section study of low-income adults from the University of Southern Indiana Community Health Centers.
19 de oct. de 2023 · Life in deserts is hard due to the scarcity of food and water. However, plants, animals and humans have adapted in various ways to survive a life in deserts. Can you imagine living in the scorching heat of a desert? If you’ve ever spent any time in one, it feels like it can’t sustain any life due to its arid climatic conditions.
29 de sept. de 2020 · 2 If 0 < the mRFEI score < the median (0.368), it was designated as a perceived food swamp area; if the mRFEI score = 0, it was designated as a perceived food desert area; otherwise, it was defined not living in a food swamp/food desert area. 3 Diet quality was measured on a 6-point scale.
5 de ene. de 2018 · Food deserts hit low-income communities hard, leaving their residents with few options and sometimes long distances to travel in search of healthy food. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s most ...
11 de feb. de 2019 · Introduction. First coined in the early 1990s, the term food deserts (FDs) identifies areas where residents have difficulty with access to affordable healthy food. 1 While there is no consensus on the definition of FD in the literature, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) currently defines FDs as areas with both poor food access and low area income, 2 and an estimated 23.5 million people ...
30 de abr. de 2014 · The term “food desert” refers to the idea that grocery stores that carry healthier foods are far away or inaccessible to many residents. In fact, 2.3 million Americans live more than a mile from a supermarket and do not have access to a vehicle (PDF), which fits the definition of an urban food desert. Rural food deserts occur in areas where ...
Individuals living in a food desert were more likely to report a diet in lower quartiles of the HEI-2010 (i.e., poorer dietary quality) (aOR: 1.34 per quartile; 95% CI: 1.21, 1.49). They were more likely to be nonadherent to recommended standards for 5 adequacy components of the HEI-2010, ...
