BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to evaluate whether a diversity of healthy foods in a household would decrease the availability of unhealthy foods and to evaluate the association between a healthy dietary diversity score (DDS) and nutritional status among adults. METHODS Data from the 2002-2003 Brazilian Household Budget Survey were used. This nationwide survey used a two-stage samplin...

In this study, researchers compare and contrast issues regarding diabetes self-management between persons in good versus poor glycemic control. The sample comprises low-income racially diverse adults with diabetes from four mid-western community health centers; 44 patients participated in eight focus groups divided by control status (HbA1c of > 9 [uncontrolled] or < 7 [controlled]). Themes comm...

based on both animal and human studies, inequality in food intake and social instability has adverse effects on the health of individuals and the community. however, it is not known whether social instability, food deprivation and food inequality affect neuronal death and premature aging in young animals. to address this question, the effects of these adverse situations, histopathological chang...