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Healthy food retail availability and cardiovascular mortality in the United States: a cohort study.

Gina S LovasiNorman J JohnsonSean F AltekruseJana A HirschKari A MooreJanene R BrownAndrew G RundleJames W QuinnKathryn NeckermanDavid S Siscovick
Published in: BMJ open (2021)
In this study using food establishment locations within administrative areas across the USA, the hypothesised association of healthy food retail availability with reduced cardiovascular mortality was not supported; an association of unhealthy food retail presence with higher mortality was not specific to cardiovascular causes.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular events
  • human health
  • risk factors
  • cardiovascular disease
  • coronary artery disease
  • type diabetes