Mapping Deep South counties links higher diabetes rates to poverty and food insecurity

AI Summary

A University of Mississippi study finds that counties in the Deep South with higher diabetes rates also tend to experience greater poverty and food insecurity. The study also points to barriers to health care and physical activity in those communities.

Counties where residents suffer from higher diabetes rates across the Deep South often also face greater poverty, food insecurity and barriers to health care and physical activity, a new University of Mississippi study reveals.