The community food environment of a Brazilian metropolis

Rocha, Luana Lara; Carmo, Ariene Silva do; Jardim, Mariana Zogbi; Leme, Bruna Albuquerque; Cardoso, Letícia de Oliveira; Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira; Andrade, Amanda Cristina de Souza; Santos, Luana Caroline dos; Mendes, Larissa Loures

doi:10.1080/15528014.2021.1987027

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“…If, on the one hand, data not particularly collected for use in scientific research may not have important information, on the other hand, such data often have a greater scope, even different or additional information, and, in some cases, are representative of the context of analysis. This is less common in studies with primary data ( 36 , 37 ) . Furthermore, much of the Brazilian public administrative data, at national and local levels, is open; therefore, it can be more readily used for the conduction of different types of studies.…”

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“…For places that have small territories, for example, urban areas of inland towns, direct observation can be an alternative for the validation of secondary databases, and they could also be the gold standard for the collection of food environment data (38) . In addition, data can be validated using two secondary databases, and the discrepancy between them could be evaluated through direct observation in places with small territories, or through virtual conferencing, as is the case of the Brazilian study by Rocha et al (37) , or using virtual tools that allow the visualisation of streets, for example, Google Street View (38)(39)(40)(41) .…”

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Scientific research on food environments in Brazil: a scoping review

Mendes

Rocha

Botelho

et al. 2023

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To map the scientific research on food environments in Brazil, based on the following questions: How many studies have addressed food environments?; What study designs and methodological approaches were applied?; What is the geographic scope of the studies?; What scenarios and dimensions of food environments were studied?; Which population groups were studied?; How were food environments conceptualized?; What are the main limitations of the studies? Design: Scoping review conducted in four databases, from January 2005 up to December 2022, using different food environment-related terms to cover the main types and dimensions proposed in the literature. The studies were independently selected by two authors. A narrative synthesis was used to summarize the findings. Setting: Brazil. Participants: 130 articles. Results: Scientific research on Brazilian food environments has been increasing. The analytical quantitative approach and the cross-sectional design were the most frequently used. Most articles were published in English. The majority of studies evaluated the community food environment, addressed aspects of the physical dimension, sampled the adult population, had food consumption as an outcome, used primary data, and were carried out in capital cities in the Southeast region. Furthermore, in most articles, no conceptual model was explicitly adopted. Conclusions: Gaps in literature are related to the need for conducting studies in the Brazilian countryside, the support for the formulation of research questions based on conceptual models, the use of valid and reliable instruments to collect primary data, in addition to the need for a greater number of longitudinal, intervention and qualitative studies.

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Scientific research on food environments in Brazil: a scoping review

Mendes

Rocha

Botelho

et al. 2023

Public Health Nutr.

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“…Using VISA information to build the database may have resulted in an underestimation of the actual number of establishments in the city, given that establishments not registered in any secondary database and street vendors were not included. Addressing these limitations could be achieved by incorporating on-the-spot observations [ 51 ]. Nonetheless, by combining the two databases and virtually merging establishments within the snack bar group, more reliable information was obtained for assessing the city’s food environment.…”

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Local Food Environment and Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods: Cross-Sectional Data from the Nutritionists’ Health Study—NutriHS

Barbosa,

Nielsen,

de Aguiar

et al. 2023

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This study aimed to analyze whether community food environments are associated with individual food consumption among nutrition students and newly graduated nutritionists. This cross-sectional study used data from the Nutritionists’ Health Study cohort, which included 357 undergraduate nutrition students from the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Exposure to the food environment was defined as the proximity and availability of food outlets within a 500 m buffer from the participants’ homes. Food consumption was assessed using a Food Frequency Questionnaire and analyzed according to the NOVA classification. Multi-level linear regression models with fixed effects were used to estimate the presence of food outlets within the buffer and their association with food consumption. The presence of mini-markets in the buffer in the fourth quartile was associated with lower consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) when observing socioeconomic and lifestyle conditions (β = −3.29; 95% CI = −6.39 to −0.19). The presence of bakeries and coffee shops was related to lower consumption of ultra-processed foods among participants when observing socioeconomic conditions (β = −3.10; 95% CI = −6.18 to −0.02). There was no clear evidence of an association between the type of food outlet and UPF consumption. The community food environment seemed to influence food consumption among study participants, although clearer and more consistent evidence on this subject is needed.

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“…Fry et al 55 evaluated the availability of Google Street View images in 371 Latin American cities and observed that localities with better socioeconomic conditions tended to have more consistent images. It is worth mentioning that none of the articles selected in this review performed the virtual audit, which, in turn, has been used in previous studies related to the food environment 56 , 57 and physical activity 58 .…”

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Physical and social neighborhood disorder in Latin American cities: a scoping review

Magalhães,

Andrade,

Moreira

et al. 2023

Cad. Saúde Pública

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Neighborhood disorder is an important aspect that may influence the health of residents in urban areas. The aims of this study were to map and systematize methods for measuring physical and social neighborhood disorder in studies conducted in Latin American cities. By means of a scoping review, articles published from 2000 in English, Spanish, and Portuguese with the following descriptors were mapped: neighborhood, physical disorder, and social disorder. Searches were conducted in MEDLINE (PubMed), LILACS (Virtual Health Library), Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library. Information on authorship, year, study type, locality, data source, target population, outcome, dominion, indicator, method, geographic unit, and unit of analysis was extracted. Variables from the disorder-related studies were extracted and grouped by similarity of content and themes. A total of 22 articles were identified, all published between 2012 and 2022, the majority in Brazil (n = 16). The perception of the individual was the most used method. The most frequent theme addressed in the physical disorder dominion was public streets (n = 20) and security (n = 15), in the social disorder dominion. A lack of consensus in the literature regarding variables used to measure physical and social neighborhood disorder in Latin American cities was detected. In addition to the need for standardization of the theme, studies to verify the sustainability of proposed measurement methods relevant to dynamically classify and compare urban neighborhoods and health impacts based on levels of exposure to physical and social disorder, are recommended.

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The community food environment of a Brazilian metropolis

Cited by 9 publications

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Scientific research on food environments in Brazil: a scoping review

Scientific research on food environments in Brazil: a scoping review

Local Food Environment and Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods: Cross-Sectional Data from the Nutritionists’ Health Study—NutriHS

Physical and social neighborhood disorder in Latin American cities: a scoping review

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