An MIT-led study of three major global cities examines millions of restaurant menu items and concludes that having fewer and less nutritional eating options nearby correlates with obesity and other health outcomes.
“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.”
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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.
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whole foods plant-based FTW.