Disparities in Cardiovascular Health by Food Security Status and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Using Life's Essential 8 Metrics

Cindy W Leung; Julia A Wolfson; Eric J Brandt; Eric B Rimm

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.21375

Disparities in Cardiovascular Health by Food Security Status and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Using Life's Essential 8 Metrics

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2321375. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.21375.

Authors

Cindy W Leung¹, Julia A Wolfson^{2

3}, Eric J Brandt⁴, Eric B Rimm^{1

4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines the associations among household food security, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation, and cardiovascular health among 2013-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey participants.

MeSH terms

Benchmarking
Cardiovascular System*
Food Assistance*
Food Security
Heart
Humans