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COVID-19, Heart Health, and Black Women
It’s been well established that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States, and that African American women have higher rates of mortality than white women. Add COVID-19 to the mix, and the outcomes are even more dire.
In this month’s E-News Exclusive, Today’s Dietitian (TD) discusses the health disparities facing African American women in the age of COVID-19 and examines how the virus affects their heart health and overall outcomes compared with whites and other demographic populations.
After reading the article, visit TD’s website at www.TodaysDietitian.com to read the digital edition of the February issue, which includes in-depth articles on how COVID-19 impacts heart health, osteoporosis, dairy alternatives, nutrition support in Lyme disease treatment, and cultural humility in food and nutrition.
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Researchers Explore How COVID-19 Affects Heart Health in Black Women
Nearly one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, two things have become clear: The virus profoundly impacts people with heart disease and disproportionately impacts African Americans. But the many manifestations of these disparities remain unclear, particularly for one group regularly left out of medical research.
“African American women are often at the intersection of the worst economic and health disparities,” says Michelle Albert, MD, MPH, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. “They are a group that is often overlooked.”
In a collaborative investigation with the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Albert is leading a study to look at a cohort of women enrolled in the Black Women’s Health Study to determine the myriad ways in which COVID-19 is impacting them.
She says she chose to study this demographic because Black women often are at higher risk of heart disease than women in other demographic groups, and they’re shouldering an excessive burden during the pandemic.
African Americans with COVID-19 are nearly three times as likely to require hospitalization as white people with the disease, according to a recent study published in the journal Health Affairs. According to statistics compiled by the nonprofit American Public Media Research Lab, Black and Indigenous people die from COVID-19 at more than three to four times the rate of white people.
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COVID Unemployment Assistance Puts Food on the Table
Another wave of COVID-19 is putting millions out of work, while tens of millions more remain unemployed and Congress debates aid.
Now, a new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study shows that unemployment help directly translates to people being able to put food on the table.
The CARES Act—passed in March of 2020—expanded unemployment insurance coverage, amount, and duration.
Published in JAMA Network Open, the study finds that receiving unemployment insurance cuts a person’s risk of food insecurity by one-third, and halves the likelihood of needing to eat less because of financial constraints. And receiving more coverage, such as the weekly $600 supplement included in CARES until last July, means an even bigger reduction in the risk of going hungry.
“There has long been a need to improve the proportion of people covered, the duration of coverage, and the amount of coverage in our unemployment insurance system. This paper speaks to the critical role that unemployment insurance can play in preventing people from facing food insecurity during a crisis,” says study lead author Julia Raifman, ScD, SM, an assistant professor of health law, policy, and management at BUSPH.
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Tips to Alleviate Food Insecurity Amid COVID-19
Jena Tucci, RDN, LD, CNSC
According to the USDA Economic Research Service, 35.2 million people or 10.5% of households were food insecure some time during 2019. Food insecurity is defined as “the disruption of food intake or eating patterns because of lack of money and other resources.”
While national unemployment has declined to 6.3% per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, it’s still significantly greater than the February 2020 rate of 3.5%. With an unemployment level this high, Americans who may not have been food insecure before the onset of COVID-19 are more likely to need food assistance.
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Nutrition Crisis Looms as Schools Remain Closed
In a recent publication, UNICEF warns of negative health consequences for the more than 370 million children globally who have missed billions of school meals amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
NIH Announces Large Precision Nutrition Study
In an effort to better understand individualized responses to food and dietary patterns, the National Institutes of Health is kicking off a five-year study of 10,000 Americans, as reported in Science magazine. |
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