Association of Higher Consumption of Foods Derived From Subsidized Commodities With Adverse Cardiometabolic Risk Among US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Food subsidies are designed to enhance food availability, but whether they promote cardiometabolic health is unclear.

Objective

To investigate whether higher consumption of foods derived from subsidized food commodities is associated with adverse cardiometabolic risk among US adults.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2001 to 2006. Our final analysis was performed in January 2016. Participants were 10 308 nonpregnant adults 18 to 64 years old in the general community.

Exposure

From a single day of 24-hour dietary recall in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we calculated an individual-level subsidy score that estimated an individual's consumpt

SUBMITTER: Siegel KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6512298 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature