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A longitudinal analysis of the fluctuation of food stores in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Changes in food environments have the potential to affect consumption, nutritional status, and health, and understanding these changes is of utmost importance. This study, therefore, aimed to examine the fluctuation of food stores that sell fruits and vegetables over five years in the health promotion service area of Primary Health Care (PHC) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Methods

This was an ecological study that used data from a food environment audit conducted in the realm of Brazilian PHC. Buffers of 1 mile (equivalent to 1600 m) were created around health promotion services to define food environments. All food stores and open-air food markets that sold fruits and vegetables (FV) within this buffer area were considered eligible. The data collection was performed during two periods: the baseline, in 2013, and after five years, in 2018. This study compares the fluctuation by the type of stores and according to the health vulnerability index (HVI).

Results

After 5 years, 35.2% of the stores were stable; 154 stores were closed, and 155 were opened. The stability was greater in low-vulnerability areas, and the fluctuation differed by type of store only for areas with high vulnerability. The number of supermarket decreased in high HVI territories; and local stores, showed greater stability when compared to specialized FV markets.

Conclusions

The differences in store fluctuations according to the vulnerability of areas demonstrate the importance of food supply policies considering the local characteristics to reduce inequities of access to healthy foods.

SUBMITTER: de Freitas PP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10704749 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A longitudinal analysis of the fluctuation of food stores in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

de Freitas Patrícia Pinheiro PP Lopes Mariana Souza MS Costa Bruna Vieira de Lima BVL Sales Denise Marques DM de Menezes Mariana Carvalho MC Jaime Patrícia Constante PC Lopes Aline Cristine Souza ACS

BMC public health 20231207 1

<h4>Background</h4>Changes in food environments have the potential to affect consumption, nutritional status, and health, and understanding these changes is of utmost importance. This study, therefore, aimed to examine the fluctuation of food stores that sell fruits and vegetables over five years in the health promotion service area of Primary Health Care (PHC) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.<h4>Methods</h4>This was an ecological study that used data from a food environment audit conduc ...[more]

PMID: 38062435

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A longitudinal analysis of the fluctuation of food stores in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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Methods

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A longitudinal analysis of the fluctuation of food stores in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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