Food environment and diabetes mellitus in South Asia: a geospatial analysis of health outcome data

• Main Authors: Kusuma, Dian, Atanasova, Petya, Pineda, Elisa, Anjana, Ranjit Mohan, De Silva, Laksara, Hanif, Abu Am, Hasan, Mehedi, Hossain, Md. Mokbul, Indrawansa, Susantha, Jayamanne, Deepal, Jha, Sujeet, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Katulanda, Prasad, Khawaja, Khadija I., Kumarendran, Balachandran, Mridha, Malay K., Rajakaruna, Vindya, Chambers, John Campbell, Frost, Gary, Sassi, Franco, Miraldo, Marisa
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Diabetes Mellitus; Food Environment
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161377
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: The global epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) renders its prevention a major public health priority. A key risk factor of diabetes is obesity and poor diets. Food environments have been found to influence people’s diets and obesity, positing they may play a role in the prevalenc...