Poor diet quality is strongly associated with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease morbidity
and mortality. This scientific statement emphasizes the importance of dietary patterns …

Malnutrition in all its forms currently affects one in three people globally and is considered
one of the greatest public health challenges of our time. Low-and middle-income countries …

Background: Measures of socioeconomic disadvantage may enable improved targeting of
programs to prevent rehospitalizations, but obtaining such information directly from patients …

Background Many studies have examined the relationship between the food environment
and health-related outcomes, but fewer consider the integrity of measures used to assess …

Food production in cities has long been a tradition in many countries around the world and a
mainstream activity for many developed countries. While urban agriculture plays an …

Objectives. We sought to determine the role of neighborhood poverty and racial composition
on race disparities in diabetes prevalence. Methods. We used data from the 1999–2004 …

Importance Neighborhood environments may influence the risk for developing type 2
diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but, to our knowledge, no longitudinal study has evaluated …

Background The question of whether neighborhood environment contributes directly to the
development of obesity and diabetes remains unresolved. The study reported on here uses …

Abstract In the United States, health disparities in obesity and obesity-related illnesses have
been the subject of growing concern. To better understand how obesity-related health …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of death and a major
source of health disparities in the Unites States and globally. Efforts to reduce CVD risk and …