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Heart disease more common in past redlined areas linked to limited access to healthy foods
November 11, 2024
DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 11 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release:

Research Highlights:

Heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity were more common and linked to reduced access to healthy food among people who lived in neighborhoods previously subjected to structural racism-based policies that limited home ownership an outlawed practice known as redlining.

Researchers say testing interven . . .

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