Data
Year of publication
2020
Kind
Quantitative
Design
Cross-sectional
Classification
NOVA
Country studied
Brazil
Data
Primary
Data collected
Other (food environment)
Study setting
City
Age group of participants
N/A
Participant sex
N/A
Target population
Vulnerable (low-income households)
Sample size
n=23 (districts)
Inequities in the urban food environment of a Brazilian city
goal
Describes and investigates the community food environment in a large Brazilian city, discussing in particular the distribution of food establishments in districts with different degrees of socioeconomic vulnerability.
Results
A total of 23 districts (19.1%) of districts presented high or very high vulnerability. Establishments only or mainly selling UPF presented higher frequencies 52.7% in comparison to other categories throughout the city. The downtown district had most types of establishments. Districts of greater vunerability had fewer establishments.
Authors
Leite MA, de Assis MM, do Carmo AS, Nogueira MC, Netto MP, Mendes LL.
Log
Food Security
DOIs