A Qualitative Study of Food Choice in Urban Coastal Esmeraldas, Ecuador.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Constraints on food choice increase risk of malnutrition worldwide. Residents of secondary cities within low- and middle-income countries are a population of particular concern because they often face high rates of food insecurity and multiple nutritional burdens. Within this context, effective and equitable interventions to support healthy diets must be based on an understanding of the lived experience of individuals and their interactions with the food environment.

Objectives

The primary objectives of this study were to describe considerations that drive household decision making around food choice in the city of Esmeraldas, Ecuador; to identify trade-offs between these considerations; and to understand how an evolving urban environment influences these trade-of

SUBMITTER: Uruchima J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10206432 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature