Food deserts and cardiovascular health among young adults

A Testa, DB Jackson, DC Semenza… - Public health …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Objective: This study assesses the association between living in a food desert and
cardiovascular health risk among young adults in the USA, as well as evaluates whether …

Consumption of ultra-processed foods and eight-year risk of death from all causes and noncommunicable diseases in the ELSA-Brasil cohort

FM Silva, L Giatti, MJM Fonseca… - … Journal of Food …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Increased consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) is associated with higher incidences
of many noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and death from all causes. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Association between healthy food environment and metabolic syndrome, waist circumference, and systolic blood pressure in older adults in Southern Brazil

BB Souza, A Quialheiro, EN Correa, CR Rech… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between healthy food outlet
proximity, metabolic syndrome (MS), and two of its components, waist circumference (WC) …

Food deserts: Limited healthy foods in the land of plenty

KC Ferdinand, I Mahata - Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
2 Ferdinand and Mahata Food Deserts in the Land of Plenty increasing subsidies targeting
SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program) participants. 9 Modest universal …

[HTML][HTML] Is food environment associated with body mass index, overweight and obesity? A study with adults and elderly subjects from southern Brazil

RG Paulitsch, SC Dumith - Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The purpose of this article was to investigate the association of food environment variables
with Body Mass Index (BMI), excess weight and obesity. This was a cross-sectional study …

[HTML][HTML] Role of food processing on human health and current limitations

G Grosso - International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The importance of macro-and micronutrients (such as vitamins and minerals) for human
health is well known: while their role in nutritional deficiency context is undisputed (Coppens …

[HTML][HTML] The estimated burden of ultra-processed foods on cardiovascular disease outcomes in Brazil: A modeling study

EAF Nilson, G Ferrari, MLC Louzada, RB Levy… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Ultra-processed foods (UPF) have been associated with an increased risk of
cardiovascular diseases (CVD). This study aimed to estimate CVD premature deaths …

[HTML][HTML] Association of ultra-processed food consumption with cardiovascular mortality in the US population: long-term results from a large prospective multicenter …

GC Zhong, HT Gu, Y Peng, K Wang, YQL Wu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Ultra-processed foods have now become dominant in the global food system.
Whether their consumption is associated with cardiovascular mortality remains controversial …

Environmental factors and cardiovascular diseases: the association of income inequality and green spaces in elderly residents of São Paulo, Brazil

KHC Massa, R Pabayo, ML Lebrão… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective We aimed to analyse the individual and contextual determinants associated with
cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) morbidity among the elderly. Methods The sample …

[HTML][HTML] Association between food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk in adults and the elderly: a systematic review

E da Silva Miguel, SO Lopes, SP Araújo… - Journal of Global …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Food insecurity is a public health concern that affects health and quality of life,
but its association with cardiometabolic risk is not well established. Thus, this systematic …