Researcher identified the link between food related hardships and obesity Kumar Jeetendra | January 25, 2019 Researcher from University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) assesses the link between food-related hardships and obesity. Using the data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) and Center for Disease Control's (CDC) Modified Retail Food Environment Index (mRFEI) — a national sample that measures food deserts, their study is …