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Study shows a link between obesity and what’s on local restaurant menus (news.mit.edu)

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[–] dumnezero@piefed.social 9 points 3 days ago

“We show that what is sold in a restaurant has a direct correlation to people’s health,” says MIT researcher Fabio Duarte, co-author of a newly published paper outlining the study’s results. “The food landscape matters.”

hmmm...

In London and Boston, higher socioeconomic neighborhoods had better access to nutrient-rich foods, with dietary fibers showing a strong inverse association with obesity (p = 0.001, p = 0.004, respectively).

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Notably, dietary fibers consistently showed a significant negative association with obesity in both cities (p-value: 0.001 for London; 0.004 for Boston). Potassium had differing effects in London and Boston. No significant association was found between obesity and MBI nor NRF in either city.

whole foods plant-based FTW.