Social inequalities in the surrounding areas of food deserts and food swamps in a Brazilian metropolis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food deserts are neighborhoods with little or no access to healthy food, whereas food swamps are neighborhoods where unhealthy food options prevail over healthy ones. The main aims of the current study are to feature and compare the neighborhoods of food deserts and food swamps based on social inequality.

Methods

Ecological study carried out in Belo Horizonte City, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Information about commercial food establishments derived from two different databases. It was measured by secondary governmental databases, which were virtually conferred in the present study. Census tracts were considered as analysis units and classified as food deserts and food swamps, based on the Brazilian methodology. Take into consideration the density of establishments

SUBMITTER: Honorio OS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8293554 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature