Consumer food environment and overweight

Freitas, Patrícia Pinheiro de; Menezes, Mariana Carvalho de; Lopes, Aline Cristine Souza

doi:10.1016/j.nut.2019.04.013

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“…In Brazil, a few studies have assessed the food environment, (14)(15)(16)(17) but none have described food availability through food delivery apps. In Brazil, in 2017, one in every three internet users had downloaded a food delivery app on their smartphones (18) .…”

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Digital food environment of a Brazilian metropolis: food availability and marketing strategies used by delivery apps

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Souza

Rocha

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Objective: Food delivery apps represent an important and emerging dimension of the digital food environment. This study aimed to examine food availability and the use of marketing strategies by two food delivery apps in a Brazilian metropolis. Design: An exploratory study was conducted in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Food groups were identified and the use of price discounts and photos by the apps was observed. Setting: Eighteen neighbourhoods and the ten best rated restaurants in each app. Participants: Three hundred sixty-two commercial food establishments. Results: The proportion of ultra-processed beverages on offer in the apps (78·45 %) was much higher in comparison with water (48·89 %), natural juices or smoothies (27·07 %). Ultra-processed ready-to-eat meals represented almost 70 % of the food offered in the establishments’ menus, while traditional meals and vegetables represented just over 30 % of the offering. Ice cream, candies and salty packaged snacks were nine times more frequently presented than fruits. The use of photos and price discounts prevailed predominantly among ultra-processed beverages, sandwiches and ice cream, candies and salty packaged snacks. These marketing strategies were least used for promoting fruits and vegetables. Conclusions: Restaurants registered on food delivery apps offered a significant amount of ultra-processed foods with price discounts and photos in comparison with unprocessed and minimally processed foods.

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Digital food environment of a Brazilian metropolis: food availability and marketing strategies used by delivery apps

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Rocha

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“…Although food would be more available in a highly urbanized environment, this result suggests its nutritional use is inadequate (31) . The environment of consumers in uences general with abdominal obesity occurrence, as reported in Brazil by de Freitas et al (32) . The spectrum of the prevalence of Low HDL-C (gradual decrease inversely with the urbanization gradient especially in men) as that of high WC (especially in women), associated with its (high WC) overall pattern related to the BMI categories is compatible with the effect of the nutrition transition in LMICs, where accelerated urbanization induced change in lifestyle and dietary intake.…”

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Urbanization-gradient-, gender- and age-specific prevalence of metabolic syndrome abnormal components and their accumulation in adults in Burkina Faso: analysis of the first national data

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Kaboré³

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Background: Accumulation of metabolic syndrome abnormal components dramatically increases the risk for cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to assess the specific prevalence of abnormal components according to the urbanization gradient, gender and age, with the cumulative number of abnormalities in Burkinabè, using nationally representative data.Methods: Data of 4365 participants to the Burkina Faso 2013 Stepwise approach to Surveillance study were analysed, including sociodemographic parameters (with age-groups of 25-34; 35-44; 45-54 and 55-64y), components defined with the International Diabetes Federation criteria (waist circumference [WC], blood pressure [BP], high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-C], fasting blood glucose [FBG]). The urbanization gradient was the four quartiles of the regional urbanization rates.Results: Between quartiles, prevalences (%) of abnormal components significantly differed and the extremes were: 71.1-81.2 in men(♂), 75.9-81.2 in women(♀) for low HDL-C; 32.8-48.2(♂), 21.5-51.6(♀) for elevated BP; 3.4-7.3(♂), 30.8-45.5(♀) for high WC; 6.2-11.0(♂), 6.7-14.2(♀) for high FBG; 2.8-7.3(♂), 9.6-24.0(♀) for individuals who cumulated at least three abnormalities; and the extreme means in cumulative number of abnormalities were 1.3-1.5(♂), 1.4-1.9(♀). Between age-groups, prevalences significantly differed and the extremes were: 71.9-81.6(♂), 71.8-83.1(♀) for low HDL-C; 32.3-49.1(♂), 23.8-30.3(♀) for elevated BP; 2.0-14.0(♂), 24.8-65.3(♀) for high WC; 6.4-13.0(♂), 5.5-10.4(♀) for high FBG; 2.5-12.0(♂), 8.5-25.8(♀) for individuals who cumulated at least three abnormalities; and the extreme means in number of abnormalities were 1.2-1.4(♂), 1.4-1.9(♀).Conclusion: The low HDL-C was nationally prevalent and could serve as a background to the metabolic abnormalities’ accumulation, which worsened with the process of urbanization and demographic transition, and more severely in women.

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“…Since the food environment can impact individuals’ food choices (1–4) , in addition to describing the programme effectiveness in changing its users’ behaviours, it is also interesting to understand how the PAS food environment is characterised. One previous study already showed that the PAS food environment is recognised as adequate in F&V diversity and variety and excessive in UPF (22) . The present study intended to advance research on this topic and aimed to describe the advertising and the availability of food items within food outlets around PAS units.…”

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Food availability and advertising within food outlets around primary healthcare services in Brazil

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The consumer food environment is changing: an extensive variety of foods are now available in most markets, offering palatability, convenience and novelty. However, little is known about the availability and advertising of food items within food outlets, especially among developing countries. The present study examined these dimensions in 281 food outlets located around eighteen primary healthcare services in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 2013. These establishments were classified as large-chain supermarkets; specialised fruits and vegetable (F&V) markets; and local grocery stores, convenience stores or bakeries. Availability of F&V, availability of ultra-processed foods (UPF) and food advertising were compared across the food outlet categories by applying the χ2 test. Almost 60 % of the food outlets were specialised F&V markets, 21⋅4 % were large-chain supermarkets and 19⋅2 % were local grocery stores, convenience stores or bakeries. Almost 80 % contained at least eight types of fruits and vegetables, and 60 % contained UPF. Food advertisement was absent in 59⋅8 % of the food outlets, 19⋅6 % were advertising only F&V and 17⋅4 % were advertising only UPF. Higher F&V availability was noted inside specialised F&V markets and large-chain supermarkets than local grocery stores, convenience stores or bakeries. Advertising of F&V was more common within specialised F&V markets. However, large-chain supermarkets and local grocery stores, convenience stores or bakeries contained more frequent UPF food advertising isolated: 38⋅3 and 35⋅2 %, respectively. Therefore, the availability and advertising of food items within food outlets around primary healthcare services are different according to the type of food outlet.

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Consumer food environment and overweight

Cited by 24 publications

References 23 publications

Digital food environment of a Brazilian metropolis: food availability and marketing strategies used by delivery apps

Digital food environment of a Brazilian metropolis: food availability and marketing strategies used by delivery apps

Urbanization-gradient-, gender- and age-specific prevalence of metabolic syndrome abnormal components and their accumulation in adults in Burkina Faso: analysis of the first national data

Food availability and advertising within food outlets around primary healthcare services in Brazil

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