Poor metabolic health during pregnancy is associated with serious long-term health outcomes for pregnant individuals and their offspring. Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is one risk factor for poor metabolic health and identifying factors that contribute to the relationship between SES and metabolic health is critical for optimizing intervention strategies and for reducing the burden of poor metabolic health on pregnant individuals and their offspring. To that end, we investigated whether reduced access to healthful and affordable foods (e.g., living in a food desert) mediated the relationships between variation in SES and pregnancy metabolic health.
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Food desert severity mediates the association between socioeconomic status and metabolic state during pregnancy in a prospective longitudinal cohort
Creator
Wood, Elizabeth K. : Oregon Health and Science University Stamos, Gayle : Oregon Health and Science University Mitchell, AJ : Oregon Health and Science University Gonoud, Rose : Oregon Health and Science University Horgan, Angela M. : Oregon Health and Science University Nigg, Joel T. : Oregon Health and Science University Gustafsson, Hanna C. : Oregon Health and Science University Sullivan, Elinor L. : Oregon Health and Science University
Meeting Name
Research Week, Oregon Health and Science University, 2022
