SNPs affect folate metabolism in study of Puerto-Ri...(et lacking essential nutrients like B vi...)

Date:11/10/2008

et lacking essential nutrients like B vitamins and antioxidants plays a role in health disparities in older Puerto Rican adults," said co-author Katherine Tucker, a professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, director of the Dietary Assessment and Epidemiology Research Program at the JM USDA HNRCA, and principal investigator of the BPRHS.

"The BPRHS is building on previous Tufts research which demonstrates that older Puerto Rican adults living in Boston are more likely to develop chronic health conditions such as depression and diabetes compared to older non-Hispanic whites living in the same neighborhoods," Tucker continued. "We hypothesize these health disparities are triggered by stress associated with poverty, perceived discrimination and poor nutrition among other challenges."

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Contact: Andrea Grossman 617-636-3728 Tufts University, Health Sciences Source:Eurekalert

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