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Food desert residence has limited impact on veteran fecal microbiome composition: a U.S. Veteran Microbiome Project study [PDF]

mSystems, 2023
Social and economic inequities can have a profound impact on human health, particularly on the development and progression of chronic disease. For military veterans, exposure to unique environments and circumstances may further impact their health. There
Diana P. Brostow, Meghan Donovan, Molly Penzenik, Christopher E. Stamper, Talia Spark, Christopher A. Lowry, Suzanne L. Ishaq, Andrew J. Hoisington, Lisa A. Brenner   +8 more
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Microbiological Survey and Antimicrobial Resistance of Foodborne Bacteria in Select Meat Products and Ethnic Food Products Procured from Food Desert Retail Outlets in Central Virginia, USA [PDF]

Pathogens, 2023
In food desert areas, low-income households without convenient transportation often shop at small, independently owned corner markets and convenience stores (SIOMs). Studies indicate a higher potential for reduced product quality and safety of foods sold
Chyer Kim, Brian Goodwyn, Sakinah Albukhaytan, Theresa Nartea, Eunice Ndegwa, Ramesh Dhakal   +5 more
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The association between food desert severity, socioeconomic status, and metabolic state during pregnancy in a prospective longitudinal cohort [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2023
Poor metabolic health during pregnancy is associated with health concerns for pregnant individuals and their offspring. Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is one risk factor for poor metabolic health, and may be related to limited access to healthful and ...
Elizabeth K. Wood, Gayle Stamos, A J Mitchell, Rose Gonoud, Angela M. Horgan, Olivia Nomura, Anna Young, Joel T. Nigg, Hanna C. Gustafsson, Elinor L. Sullivan   +9 more
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Combining crowd-sourcing, census data, and public review forums for real-time, high-resolution food desert estimation [PDF]

BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2023
Background It has been hypothesized that low access to healthy and nutritious food increases health disparities. Low-accessibility areas, called food deserts, are particularly commonplace in lower-income neighborhoods.
Mohsen Salari, Michael R. Kramer, Matthew A. Reyna, Herman A. Taylor, Gari D. Clifford   +4 more
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A linear tessellation model for the identification of "food desert": A case study of Shanghai, China. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
The "food desert" problem has been treated under a national strategy in the United States and other countries. At present, there is little research on the phenomenon of "food desert" in China. This study takes Shanghai as the research area and proposes a
Lu Wang, Yakun He, Zhonghai Yu, Hongrui Wang, Wenjuan Ye, Xin Li, Yingping Liu, Junxiao Zhang   +7 more
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Impact of Food Desert Residence on Ischemic Stroke and Hospitalization Risk in Atrial Fibrillation Patients [PDF]

JACC: Advances
Background: Extensive research has been done on the connection between dietary habits and cardiovascular health; however, the impact of food desert residence on atrial fibrillation (AF) patients remains unclear.
Eleanor Christianson, BSPH, Yingshuo Liu, MS, Alexander Dahl, BS, Eli Tsakiris, BS, Joe Abi-Rached, BS, Cecile McGarvey, BS, Nour Chouman, MD, Ghassan Bidaoui, MD, Ala Assaf, MD, Hadi Younes, MD, Mayana Bsoul, MD, Yishi Jia, MS, Yuxuan Gu, MS, Chanho Lim, MS, Omar Kreidieh, MD, Amitabh Pandey, MD, Swati Rao, MD, Xiang Li, PhD, Han Feng, PhD, Nassir Marrouche, MD   +19 more
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The association of food deserts with readmission and re-operation following long-segment lumbar fusion [PDF]

Acta Neurochirurgica
Background Nutrition is increasingly recognized as a key determinant of postoperative recovery in spine surgery. An estimated 17% of U.S. adults reside in a food desert, reflecting a substantial population at risk for poor nutritional status.
Sasha Howell, Yifei Sun, Nicholas M. B. Laskay, Lucia D. Juarez, B. Grey Vandeberg, Jovanna Tracz, Anil Mahavadi, James Mooney, Jakub Godzik   +8 more
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Mapping food access: how neighborhood deprivation shapes healthy food availability in the United Kingdom [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Limited access to affordable, nutritious food is a key structural determinant of health inequality. In the United Kingdom, food desert risk is often assumed to mirror socioeconomic deprivation, yet their alignment across small-area geographies
May A. Beydoun, Michael F. Georgescu, Sri Banerjee, Hind A. Beydoun, Nicole Noren Hooten, Jagdish Khubchandani, Ana I. Maldonado, Jack Tsai, Jordan Weiss, Michele K. Evans, Alan B. Zonderman   +10 more
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Barriers to Food Security and Community Stress in an Urban Food Desert

Urban Science, 2018
By analyzing data from focus groups in a poor, mostly African American neighborhood in a large U.S. city, we describe how residents in urban food deserts access food, the barriers they experience in accessing nutritious, affordable food, and how ...
Jessica Crowe, Constance Lacy, Yolanda Columbus   +2 more
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Does opening a supermarket in a food desert change the food environment? [PDF]

Health and Place, 2017
Madhumita Ghosh-Dastidar, Rebecca L Collins, Shannon N Zenk   +2 more
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