NOVALAB-Canada
Data
Year of publication
2020
Type
Quantitative
Design
Cross-sectional
Classification
Other (non-stated)
Country studied
Brazil
Data
Primary
Data Collected
Other
Study setting
Retail
Age group of participant
N/A
Participant sex
N/A
Target population
General
Sample size
n=656 (food establishments)
Socioeconomic disparities in the community food environment of a medium-sized city of Brazil/Journal of the American College of Nutrition
Goal
Characterize the community food environment according to the socioeconomic condition of census tracts in the urban area of a medium-size city of southwestern Brazil in 2016.
Results
In all, 11.1% had predominant sale of natural or minimally processed foods, 44.5% were mixed, and 44.4% had predominant sale of ultraprocessed foods. The average of establishments with predominant sale of natural or minimally processed foods, of ultra-processed foods, and all categories increased according to the income of the CT. There was a clustering of all categories of establishments in high-income CTs downtown. However, peripheral and low-income CTs were composed of a higher number of mixed establishments or those with predominant sale of ultra-processed foods than establishments with predominant sale of natural or minimally processed foods.
Authors
Almeida LFF, Novaes TG, Pessoa MC, Carmo ASD, Mendes LL, Ribeiro AQ.
Journal
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