New Policy Brief Details the "Paradox" of Food Insecurity

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Limited resources for purchasing food has a dramatic impact on our health and our risk of developing chronic diseases such as diabetes. Like many health conditions, there are racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence of diabetes. For example, in California, among adults ages 50 and over, the prevalence of diabetes is 11.4% among Whites, and almost twice as high among communities of color; 22.2% among African Americans, 23.2% among Latinos, and 24.8% for American Indian/Alaskan Natives. In addition, the prevalence of diabetes is twice as high among adults with less than an 8th grade education as among adults with a college education. What is even more concerning is that even after adjusting for these socio-demographic trends, adults living with the most severe levels of food insecurity have more than twice the risk of developing diabetes as adults who are not food insecure.
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