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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Food Environment in and around Primary School Children's Schools and Neighborhoods in Two Urban Settings in Kenya.

Constance Awuor Gewa, Agatha Christine Onyango, Rose Okoyo Opiyo, Lawrence Cheskin, Joel Gittelsohn

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Constance Awuor GewaDepartment of Nutrition & Food Studies, College of Health & Human Services, George Mason University, 4408 Patriot Circle, Suite 4100, MSN 1F7, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1285-4225
Agatha Christine OnyangoDepartment of Nutrition & Health, Maseno University, Maseno P.O. Box 333-40105, Kenya.
Rose Okoyo OpiyoSchool of Public Health, University of Nairobi, Nairobi P.O. Box 30197-00100, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0002-9967-5432
Lawrence CheskinDepartment of Nutrition & Food Studies, College of Health & Human Services, George Mason University, 4408 Patriot Circle, Suite 4100, MSN 1F7, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0262-1030
Joel GittelsohnDepartment of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2761-3280

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Abstract

We conducted a cross-sectional study to provide an overview primary school children food environment in two urban settings in Kenya. Six schools, catering to children from low-, medium- and high-income households in the cities of Nairobi and Kisumu in Kenya, participated in the study. Data on types of food places and foods offered were collected and healthy and unhealthy food availability scores calculated for each place. We utilized prevalence ratio analysis to examine associations between food availability, food place characteristics and neighborhood income levels. Altogether, 508 food places, located within 1 km of the schools and the school children's neighborhoods were observed. Open-air market sellers and kiosks were most common. The proportion of food places with high healthy food availability was 2.2 times greater among food places in Nairobi compared to Kisumu, 1.9 times greater in food places with multiple cashpoints, 1.7 times greater in medium/large sized food places and 1.4 times greater in food places located in high income neighborhoods. These findings highlight differences in availability of healthy foods and unhealthy foods across types of food places and neighborhood income levels and inform public health interventions aimed at promoting healthy food environments in Kenya.

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Residence CharacteristicsSchoolsChildCitiesCross-Sectional StudiesHumansKenyafood environmentfood healthinessKenyaschool childrenurban settings

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