Adult Health Status among Native American Families Participating in the Growing Resilience Home Garden Study

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Reports the results of a randomized controlled trial examining the impacts of home food gardens on the health status of 176 adults from 96 families of the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes living on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Compares the rates of obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes among study participants with the state and national disease rates in 2017, and American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) national disease rates in 2015.

Christine M. Porter, Alyssa M. Wechsler, Shawn J. Hime, Felix Naschold

Preventing Chronic Disease, 16

08/2019

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American Indian or Alaska Native · Cardiovascular disease · Diabetes · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Wyoming