Assessing Market Food Diversity of Three Food Environments of Nairobi, Kenya, Using Spatial and Descriptive Analyses.

ABSTRACT: The food environment (FE) is the interface where consumers interact to acquire and consume their food. Over the last two decades, the FE has changed due to lifestyle changes, globalization, economic disparities, and supermarketization. In addition, research on the food environment has focused mostly on high-income countries. Our study shows the novelty of assessing the food environment using the market food diversity (MFD) in Nairobi, a rapidly urbanizing city. We assessed the food environment of three income regions of Nairobi-using market food diversity derived from the Minimum Dietary Diversity of Women (MDD-W) tool. In August-December 2023, we used the Global Positioning System (GPS) and a list-based questionnaire to map 3548 food vendors. Descriptive statistics show that informal vend

SUBMITTER: Adundo LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12484525 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature