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ArticleNutrients2021

A Cross-Sectional Study of the Street Foods Purchased by Customers in Urban Areas of Central Asia.

Sofia Sousa, Inês Lança de Morais, Gabriela Albuquerque, Marcello Gelormini, Susana Casal, Olívia Pinho, Carla Motta, Albertino Damasceno, Pedro Moreira, João Breda and 2 more

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Article in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Impact of Street Food Availability on Nutritional Intake and Diet-Related Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  7. Street Food and Takeaway Food Purchasing Patterns in Bosnia and Herzegovina.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Sofia SousaEPIUnit-Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8389-1758
Inês Lança de MoraisNutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Programme, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Life-Course, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, UN City, Marmorvej 51, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Gabriela AlbuquerqueEPIUnit-Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0212-6868
Marcello GelorminiNutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Programme, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Life-Course, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, UN City, Marmorvej 51, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Susana CasalEPIUnit-Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1686-3850
Olívia PinhoFaculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal.
Carla MottaDepartamento de Alimentação e Nutrição, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Avenida Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8382-312X
Albertino DamascenoEPIUnit-Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal.
Pedro MoreiraEPIUnit-Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-7035-7799
João BredaWHO Regional Office for Europe, UN City, Marmorvej 51, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-8177-4926
Nuno LunetEPIUnit-Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-1870-1430
Patrícia PadrãoEPIUnit-Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6310-4956

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia SFRH/BD/130650/2017; SFRH/BD/118630/2016Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UIDB/04750/2020; UID/QUI/50006/2020World Health Organization 001World Health Organization 2015/591370-0; 2017/698514
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to describe street food purchases in cities from Central Asia, considering customers' characteristics and the nutritional composition of the foods and beverages. Cross-sectional studies were conducted in 2016/2017 in Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) and Almaty (Kazakhstan). Direct observation was used to collect data on the purchases made by street food customers, selected by random and systematic sampling. Nutritional composition was estimated using data from chemical analyses, food composition tables or food labels. A total of 714 customers (56.6% females, 55.5% aged ≥35 years, 23.3% overweight/obese) were observed, who bought 852 foods and beverages, the most frequent being savoury pastries/snacks (23.2%), main dishes (19.0%), sweet pastries/confectionery (17.9%), tea/coffee (11.3%) and soft drinks/juices (9.8%). Fruit was the least purchased food (1.1%). Nearly one-third of customers purchased industrial food items (31.9%). The median energy content of a street food purchase was 529 kcal/serving. Saturated and

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FoodUrban PopulationAdultAsiaBeveragesBody WeightCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleNutritive Valuecentral Asianutritional valuenutrition transitionstreet food

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PMID34684652
PMCPMC8539089

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