Food environment and diabetes mellitus in South Asia: A geospatial analysis of health outcome data.
Dian KusumaPetya AtanasovaElisa PinedaRanjit Mohan AnjanaLaksara De SilvaAbu Abdullah Mohammod HanifMehedi HasanMd Mokbul HossainSusantha IndrawansaBernard Deepal Wanniarachchi JayamanneSujeet JhaAnuradhani KasthuriratnePrasad KatulandaKhadija I KhawajaBalachandran KumarendranMalay Kanti MridhaVindya RajakarunaJohn C ChambersGary S FrostFranco SassiMarisa MiraldoPublished in: PLoS medicine (2022)
Our results suggest that the exposure to fast-food outlets may have a detrimental impact on the risk of T2DM, especially among females and higher-income earners. Policies should target changes in the food environments to promote better diets and prevent T2DM.