The interface between consumers and their food environment in Myanmar: an exploratory mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine consumers' perceptions of their food environments, their food consumption patterns and preferences, and to better understand the attributes of foods that are available within food environments in Myanmar.

Design

An exploratory mixed-methods study using a combination of focus group discussions, market and consumer surveys.

Setting

Four study settings in Myanmar were included: an upper-income township of Yangon; a lower-income township of Yangon; a middle-income township in the southern Myanmar town of Dawei; and a lower-income village in the country's dry zone of Magway.

Participants

Thirty-two women participated in the focus groups discussions, twenty market surveys were conducted and 362 consumers (both men and women) completed food consum

SUBMITTER: Downs SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6536824 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature