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

ABSTRACT: 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. 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:

SUBMITTER: de Freitas PP 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature