Assessing the association between food environment and dietary inflammation by community type: a cross-sectional REGARDS study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Communities in the United States (US) exist on a continuum of urbanicity, which may inform how individuals interact with their food environment, and thus modify the relationship between food access and dietary behaviors.

Objective

This cross-sectional study aims to examine the modifying effect of community type in the association between the relative availability of food outlets and dietary inflammation across the US.

Methods

Using baseline data from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study (2003-2007), we calculated participants' dietary inflammation score (DIS). Higher DIS indicates greater pro-inflammatory exposure. We defined our exposures as the relative availability of supermarkets and fast-food restaurants (percentage of food

SUBMITTER: Algur Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10510199 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature