Reducing chronic disease through changes in food aid: A microsimulation of nutrition and cardiometabolic disease among Palestinian refugees in the Middle East.

<h4>Background</h4>Type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease and have become leading causes of morbidity and mortality among Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, many of whom live in long-term settlements and receive grain-based food aid. The objective of this study was to...

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Main Authors: Sanjay Basu, John S Yudkin, Seth A Berkowitz, Mohammed Jawad, Christopher Millett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-11-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002700