Consumer food environments change over a 5-year period.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evaluate the 5-year changes in the consumers' food environment in the area of a health promotion service in Brazilian primary health care. Our hypothesis is that the consumers' food environment in the areas with primary healthcare services has changes that may favour healthy eating habits over time.

Design

Longitudinal study.

Setting

The territory around the primary healthcare services in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Participants

All food stores and open-air food markets that sell fruits and vegetables around the primary healthcare services in 2013 (n 272) and in 2018 (n 265).

Results

Fruit diversity increased by 13·4 % (P < 0·001) and vegetables variety and quality by 16·1 % (P = 0·003) and 12·5 % (P

SUBMITTER: de Freitas PP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11505132 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature