Community Food Environment in Brazilian Medium-Sized Municipality After the Ore Dam Break: Database Creation and Diagnosis.

ABSTRACT: This study proposed a methodology for obtaining a valid database of food retail establishments and characterized the community food environment, understood as the distribution and type of food outlets, in a Brazilian medium-sized municipality after the collapse of a mining tailings dam. An ecological study was conducted with establishments selling food for home consumption (butcher shops, fish markets; fruit and vegetable specialty markets; large- and small-chain supermarkets; bakeries and local markets) and immediate consumption (bars, snack bars, and restaurants). For home-consumption establishments, data were requested from governments and completed with website/app searches, virtual audits (Google Street View), and on-site audits. For immediate-consumption establishments, only on-site

SUBMITTER: de Freitas PP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12652863 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature