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African Americans account for a disproportionate number of COVID-19 fatalities due to multiple factors, including greater exposure in use of public transportation and employment in care-giving, sanitation and retail, underlying health conditions, as well as lack of access to nearby medical health clinics and hospitals and inadequate health ...
Studies on food deserts and type 2 diabetes mellitus demonstrate that areas with limited access to nutritious food are associated with an increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes. [44] [45] [46] Studies show that food insecurity can impact the health of elderly adults including lower BMI, limited activity and malnutrition. [47]
Medical desert is a term used to describe regions whose population has inadequate access to healthcare. [1] The term can be applied whether the lack of healthcare is general or in a specific field, such as dental or pharmaceutical. [ 2 ]
Isabella appears to have been caught up in the rocky aftermath of one of the biggest shake-ups in Medicaid’s 60-year history. When the Covid public health emergency was ending, the federal ...
In 2017, then-President Donald Trump championed a successful tax bill that lowered taxes for a large majority of American taxpayers. Many of the provisions of the tax bill are set to expire in ...
The number of adults eating in a way they consider to be healthy has fallen, according to new data. What’s more, research shows they aren’t enjoying the food either.
Food deserts are just one aspect of people's individual food environments: food environments consist of the intersecting spheres of community food options (supermarkets, small stores, etc.); work/school/home food options (school food, home purchases); and individual food intake, all of which determine an individual's health outcome. [78]
A 2016 USDA map. According to the Medley Food Desert Project, in 2017, nearly 24 million Americans lived in food deserts. [7] Food deserts are heavily concentrated in southern states, which correlates with concentration of poverty, including the south's Black belt. The map shows the percentage of people without cars living in areas with no ...