Self-assessed health status and obesity vulnerability in rural Louisiana: A cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT: Rural communities are resource-constrained and at higher risk of obesity and obesity-related conditions. Thus, studying self-assessed health status and underlying vulnerabilities is critical to provide insights to the program planners for effective and efficient planning of obesity prevention programs. This study aims to investigate the correlates of self-assessed health status and subsequently determine the obesity vulnerability level of residents in rural communities. Randomly sampled data were obtained from in-person community surveys in three rural Louisiana counties-East Carroll, Saint Helena, and Tensas-in June 2021. The association of social-demographic factors, grocery store choice, and exercise frequency with self-assessed health was investigated using the ordered logit model. An

SUBMITTER: Pathak S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10275442 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature