Food Insecurity and Cardiovascular Disease in the US Population

4035.0
Associations between food insecurity and health outcomes

Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Oral

Session Objectives: Assess the associations between food insecurity and healthy outcomes.

Moderators:

Amy Yaroch, PhD and Sujata Dixit-Joshi, PhD, MPH

8:30am

Household food insecurity and higher blood glucose levels among Latinos with type 2 diabetes
Rafael Perez-Escamilla, Ph.D., Angela Bermudez-Millan, Ph.D., M.P.H., Sofia Segura-Perez, M.S., R.D., Grace Damio, M.S., CD/N, Jyoti Chhabra, Ph.D. and Julie Wagner, Ph.D.

8:50am

Nutrition as the Foundation for Good Health: Evaluating the Impact of Food Programs on Health
Adam Burgess, Nicholas Field, Douglas Handley, Laura Lazzarini, Dilasha Mahat, Daryl Selen, Raj Thakrar, Sarah Adams-Kollitz, Janice Gallant, MD and Jan K. Carney, MD MPH

9:10am

Predictors and outcomes of food insecurity in University students
Nicole Kasper, MPH, Erica Mirabitur, Colleen Rathz and Karen Peterson, D.Sc.

9:30am

Food Insecurity and Cardiovascular Disease in the US Population
Melany Morgenstern, Shu Chen, Allison Aiello and Lewis B. Morgenstern, MD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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