Development and Application of Healthiness Indicators for Commercial Establishments That Sell Foods for Immediate Consumption.

ABSTRACT: Studies of food environments lack easy-to-apply indicators for their characterization and monitoring. This study aimed to create and assess the applicability of an a priori classification of establishments that sell foods for immediate consumption and to develop and apply indicators for assessment of the establishments' healthiness. The indicators were grouped by the types of foods sold most frequently at these establishments, according to the extent and purpose of the foods' industrial processing. Four indicators were developed, based on the availability of unprocessed/minimally processed foods (MPF) and ultra-processed foods (UPF) in the establishments. The classification and indicators were applied to commercial food establishments at two Brazilian universities. Descriptive analyses wer

SUBMITTER: Tavares LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8235135 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature