Socioeconomic deprivation and changes in the retail food environment of Mexico from 2010 to 2020.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to analyze the change in the retail food environment of Mexican municipalities from 2010 to 2020, and to assess if these trends were modified by socioeconomic deprivation. We used data from the National Statistical Directory of Economic Units. Changes in the food store count were estimated using fixed-effects Poisson regression models, including coefficients for time, socioeconomic deprivation, and their interaction. We found a rapid growth in convenience stores, seed-grain stores, and supermarkets while small food retail stores declined. Urban areas had a higher count of all types of food stores; however, the steepest increases in food stores were observed in non-urban areas. The increase in convenience stores, supermarkets, specialty food stores, fruit-vegetable stores, and seed

SUBMITTER: Ramirez-Toscano Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7613304 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature