Fruit and vegetable consumption among older adults: influence of urban food environment in a medium-sized Brazilian city

Almeida, Luciene Fátima Fernandes; Novaes, Taiane Gonçalves; Pessoa, Milene Cristine; Carmo, Ariene Silva do; Mendes, Larissa Loures; Ribeiro, Andréia Queiróz

doi:10.1017/s136898002000467x

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“…Several studies carried out in Brazil and Latin America have tested associations between food availability in the food environment, accessibility and food consumption in all age groups [18,49,50]. The research results corroborate with each other and with the findings in literature, suggesting that the greater the availability, the greater its consumption [23,51].…”

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confidence: 81%

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Perceived Nutrition Environment Measures Survey

Pires,

Höfelmann,

Reis

et al. 2023

Rev. Nutr.

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Objective The objective of this study was to cross-culturally adapt the Perceived Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for use in the Brazilian context. Methods Independent translations into Portuguese of the original version and respective back-translations into English were performed. The steps were evaluated by an expert committee and the translated version was applied in a group of both genders, of different ages and education. Results After suggested modifications in the translation processes, the expert committee considered that the translated and adapted version presented conceptual and semantic equivalence. The translated version was applied to a sample of twenty people and only one question related to the amount of fat in the food required a new round to obtain understanding and clarity. Conclusion We present an adapted version of Perceived Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for the Brazilian context, which has adequate conceptual, cultural, and semantic equivalence, being objective and comparable to the original version. Future studies should confirm clarity, reliability, and validity.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Perceived Nutrition Environment Measures Survey

Pires,

Höfelmann,

Reis

et al. 2023

Rev. Nutr.

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“…The neighborhood income, walkability index, and predominantly ultra‐processed food stores, as well as public spaces for leisure and/or physical activities, traffic accidents, crime and green spaces densities were evaluated. Neighborhood‐level data collection was previously described in published studies (Almeida et al, 2020; Silva et al, 2019). Using an audit tool, the addresses and characteristics of food stores and public spaces for leisure and/or physical activity were collected.…”

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confidence: 99%

Neighborhood obesogenic environment and cardiometabolic risk in Brazilian children: The mediation role of the mother's body mass index

Albuquerque

Pessoa

Filgueiras

et al. 2022

American J Hum Biol

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Objective We aimed to evaluate the association of neighborhood obesogenic and leptogenic environments with cardiometabolic risk clustering among Brazilian schoolchildren, mediated by child's ultra‐processed food consumption and the mother's body mass index (BMI). Methods A total of 367 children aged 8–9 years, enrolled in urban schools of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, were evaluated. Waist circumference, insulin resistance, blood pressure, high‐density lipoprotein‐cholesterol, and triglycerides concentrations were measured. The child's ultra‐processed food consumption assessment was performed by applying three 24‐hour dietary recall. The mother's weight and height values were used to calculate the BMI. The neighborhood income, walkability index, predominantly ultra‐processed food stores, public spaces for leisure, and/or physical activities, traffic accidents, crime, and green spaces densities were assessed in four hundred road network buffers around households. From neighborhood and cardiometabolic risk variables, four latent variables were obtained from confirmatory factor analysis: neighborhood “obesogenic”, and “leptogenic” environments; “high cardiometabolic risk,” and “low atherogenic risk”. A structural equation model was used to test the direct and indirect associations between neighborhood environment and cardiometabolic risk clusters. Results The neighborhood obesogenic environment had a significant total association (Standardized Coefficient = 0.172, p = .011) and was indirectly associated with the child's “high cardiometabolic risk” cluster, mediated by the mother's body mass index (Standardized Coefficient = 0.066, p = .049). Conclusions Our results reinforce the role of the urban environment on maternal obesity and child's cardiometabolic risk and provide evidence for public health policies aimed to prevent such conditions.

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“…Environmental characteristics data collection was previously described in published studies (Silva et al, 2019; Almeida et al, 2020;. Almeida et al, 2021).…”

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Obesogenic environment around schools is associated with atherogenic risk in Brazilian children

Albuquerque

Pessoa

Filgueiras

et al. 2022

American J Hum Biol

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Introduction Cardiometabolic risk factors often emerge in childhood, increasing the risk of cardiovascular diseases in adulthood. The school environments represent an important active space in a child's routine and may influence their health status. Methods In this cross‐sectional study, we aimed to evaluate the clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors and its association with the obesogenic and leptogenic environment around schools. A total of 378 children (181 boys; 197 girls) aged 8 and 9 years, enrolled in all urban schools of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, were evaluated. Concentrations of high‐density lipoprotein‐cholesterol (HDL‐c) and triglycerides (TG), and the insulin resistance (HOMA‐IR), waist circumference (WC), and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were measured. The neighborhood income, walkability index, predominantly ultra‐processed food stores, public spaces for leisure and/or physical activities, traffic accidents, crime and green spaces densities were assessed in 400 road network buffers around schools. To test association of the obesogenic and leptogenic environment around schools with cardiometabolic risk clustering, binary logistic regression models were performed with generalized estimating equations. Results “Obesogenic school environments” had greater densities of ultra‐processed food stores, crime and traffic accidents, and higher walkability. The “↓ Atherogenic risk” cluster consisted of higher HDL‐c values. There was an inverse association between the obesogenic environment around schools and a child's “↓ atherogenic risk” clustering (OR = 0.63; p < 0.001). Conclusion We concluded that public policies aimed at modifying the environment around schools, by providing healthier food options and safe conditions for active mobility, are essential to prevent child's atherogenic risk.

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Fruit and vegetable consumption among older adults: influence of urban food environment in a medium-sized Brazilian city

Cited by 12 publications

References 34 publications

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Perceived Nutrition Environment Measures Survey

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Perceived Nutrition Environment Measures Survey

Neighborhood obesogenic environment and cardiometabolic risk in Brazilian children: The mediation role of the mother's body mass index

Obesogenic environment around schools is associated with atherogenic risk in Brazilian children

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