American journal of preventive medicine
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This study examined prospective associations of perceived discrimination experience and past-week alcohol use among U.S. adults. ⋯ Discrimination experiences were prospectively associated with an increased risk of alcohol-drinking outcomes, and the effect was more pronounced among certain demographic groups. Efforts to mitigate the adverse effects of recurrent exposure to discrimination are critical to advance health equity.
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Millions of U.S. families rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to afford food. Congress has proposed changing the items eligible for purchase with SNAP, which could influence participants' diets. Understanding attitudes towards these changes overall, by political party, and by SNAP participation can identify proposals with bipartisan support and center SNAP participant preferences. ⋯ Policies to expand SNAP were more popular than restrictions, both overall and across political parties, and restrictions were particularly unpopular among SNAP participants. Bipartisan support for policies to expand SNAP may help these proposals advance during Farm Bill negotiations and would align with the preferences of SNAP participants.
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Persons with mental disorders are at increased risk for physical illness. Individuals who seek help for psychological problems might benefit from timely support and interventional approaches. This study aimed to explore the associations between psychological problems for which help was sought and physical illness. ⋯ This study found that psychological problems with or without a diagnosis of mental disorder might be an important marker of increased risk for physical illness.
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Research is needed to demonstrate the impact of child-directed advertising on household purchases of nutrient-poor children's foods to support mandatory government regulations. This study examines the relationship between total TV advertising to children versus adults and U.S. household purchases of high-sugar children's cereals. Post-hoc analyses examine potential differential marginal effects of advertising on households experiencing health disparities. ⋯ Advertising children's cereals directly to children may increase household purchases and children's consumption of these high-sugar products. Child-directed advertising may also disproportionately influence purchases by Black households. This study supports further restrictions on advertising of nutrient-poor foods directly to children.
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The aim of this study is to assess the individual and joint associations of variability in multiple cardiometabolic parameters with mortality risk across older populations. ⋯ Increased variability in cardiometabolic parameters is associated with elevated risks of all-cause and cause-specific mortality among older adults in China. Reducing variability of these parameters could serve as a target to increase life expectancy in older populations.