ArticlePublic health nutrition2022
Retail food environment in a Brazilian metropolis over the course of a decade: evidence of restricted availability of healthy foods.
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- Application of a geospatial query tool to characterise the community food environment and examine associations with dietary quality: evidence from three Chilean cities from the SALURBAL project.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Food Environment Around Schools in a Capital City in Southern Brazil: Changes in the Availability of Commercial Food Establishments Between 2012 and 2019.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- Food purchasing places classification system based on the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population: Locais-Nova.Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil · 2025Article
- Obesogenic Environment in a Minas Gerais State Metropolis, Brazil: Analysis of Crime Rates, Food Shops and Physical Activity Venues.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- [Perception of the food environment by Brazilian slum residents: a qualitative study].Cadernos de saude publica · 2024Article
- Socio-Spatial Segregation of Unhealthy Food Environments across Public Schools in Santiago, Chile.Nutrients · 2023Article
- A longitudinal analysis of the fluctuation of food stores in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The influence of neighborhood safety and built environment on childhood obesity: isolated and combined effect of contextual factors.Cadernos de saude publica · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate changes in the retail food environment profile in a Brazilian metropolis over a 10-year period.
designAn ecological study was conducted in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The addresses of formal food establishments were geocoded and classified according to their sold-food profile. Density changes were analysed according to neighbourhood, population size, income level and geospatial distribution.
settingTotally, 468 neighbourhoods in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
participantsTotally, 83 752 formal food establishments registered for operation in any one or more of those years: 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2018.
resultsThere was an increase in unhealthy establishments (154 %), followed by mixed (51 %) and healthy establishments (32 %), during the period evaluated, in addition to an increase in density according to income categories. There was a higher proportion of unhealthy establishments in relation to healthy establishments, indicating worsening of the community food environment over time.
conclusionsOver the course of 10 years, changes in the neighbourhood's food environment were unfavourable for adequate access to healthy foods in lower-income neighbourhoods. The findings reinforce the need for interventions aimed at increasing the availability of businesses that offer healthy food in the city.
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