Research
Mapping Deep South counties links higher diabetes rates to poverty and food insecurity
The Brief
- A University of Mississippi study mapped diabetes rates across Deep South counties.
- Counties with higher diabetes rates often also had greater poverty, food insecurity, and barriers to health care and physical activity.
- The findings describe associations across counties and do not by themselves establish causation.
Why it matters
The study links county-level diabetes burden to social and economic conditions, which can inform where public health resources and interventions are targeted.
Who’s affected
- public health officials and policymakers in Deep South states
- epidemiologists and health researchers
- residents of high-burden Deep South counties
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Counties where residents suffer from higher diabetes rates across the Deep South often also face greater poverty, food insecurity and barriers to health care and physical activity, a new University of Mississippi study reveals.
Timeline
Medical Xpress reports on the University of Mississippi study mapping diabetes rates in Deep South counties
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Mapping Deep South counties links higher diabetes rates to poverty and food insecurity