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Chuvileva YE, Manangan A, Chew A, Rutherford G, Barillas-Basterrechea M, Barnoya J, Breysse PN, Blanck H, Liburd L. What North American retail food environment indices miss in Guatemala: Cultural considerations for the study of place and health. APPLIED GEOGRAPHY (SEVENOAKS, ENGLAND) 2024; 164:10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103204. [PMID: 38532832 PMCID: PMC10964928 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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We evaluated the cross-context validity and equivalence of the US- and Canada-originated Retail Food Environment Index (RFEI) and modified RFEI (mRFEI) against a retail food environment dataset from the indigenous-majority city of Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala. The RFEI/mRFEI failed to identify 77% of retailers and misclassified the healthiness of 42% of the remaining retailers in Xela, inaccurately labeling the city a food swamp. The RFEI/mRFEI are not currently suitable for mapping retail food environments in places like Quetzaltenango. Alternative functional and temporal classifications of retail food environments may provide measures with greater contextual fit, highlighting important cultural considerations for the study of place and dietary health.
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- Yulia E. Chuvileva
- Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA
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- Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (DEHSP), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
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- University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Unidad de Cirugía Cardiovascular de Guatemala and Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala
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- NCEH/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO), NCCDPHP, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE), CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
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de Freitas PP, Lopes MS, Costa BVDL, Sales DM, de Menezes MC, Jaime PC, Lopes ACS. A longitudinal analysis of the fluctuation of food stores in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:2454. [PMID: 38062435 PMCID: PMC10704749 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17350-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Changes in food environments have the potential to affect consumption, nutritional status, and health, and understanding these changes is of utmost importance. This study, therefore, aimed to examine the fluctuation of food stores that sell fruits and vegetables over five years in the health promotion service area of Primary Health Care (PHC) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. METHODS This was an ecological study that used data from a food environment audit conducted in the realm of Brazilian PHC. Buffers of 1 mile (equivalent to 1600 m) were created around health promotion services to define food environments. All food stores and open-air food markets that sold fruits and vegetables (FV) within this buffer area were considered eligible. The data collection was performed during two periods: the baseline, in 2013, and after five years, in 2018. This study compares the fluctuation by the type of stores and according to the health vulnerability index (HVI). RESULTS After 5 years, 35.2% of the stores were stable; 154 stores were closed, and 155 were opened. The stability was greater in low-vulnerability areas, and the fluctuation differed by type of store only for areas with high vulnerability. The number of supermarket decreased in high HVI territories; and local stores, showed greater stability when compared to specialized FV markets. CONCLUSIONS The differences in store fluctuations according to the vulnerability of areas demonstrate the importance of food supply policies considering the local characteristics to reduce inequities of access to healthy foods.
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- Patrícia Pinheiro de Freitas
- Research Group on Nutrition Interventions, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Alfredo Balena, 190, room 316, Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30130-100, Brazil
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- Department of Nutrition, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campos I, Cidade Universitária, Castelo Branco, João Pessoa, 58051-900, Brazil
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- Nutrition Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Alfredo Balena, 190, room 314, Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30130-100, Brazil
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- Institute of Geosciences in Geography (IGC), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6.627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil
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- School of Nutrition, Research Group on Nutrition and Collective Health, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, St Dois, 607, room 64, Ouro Preto, MG, 35400-000, Brazil
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- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr Arnaldo 715, São Paulo, SP, 01246-904, Brazil
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- Research Group on Nutrition Interventions, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Alfredo Balena, 190, room 316, Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30130-100, Brazil.
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Drapkina OM, Kontsevaya AV, Kalinina AM, Avdeev SM, Agaltsov MV, Alexandrova LM, Antsiferova AA, Aronov DM, Akhmedzhanov NM, Balanova YA, Balakhonova TV, Berns SA, Bochkarev MV, Bochkareva EV, Bubnova MV, Budnevsky AV, Gambaryan MG, Gorbunov VM, Gorny BE, Gorshkov AY, Gumanova NG, Dadaeva VA, Drozdova LY, Egorov VA, Eliashevich SO, Ershova AI, Ivanova ES, Imaeva AE, Ipatov PV, Kaprin AD, Karamnova NS, Kobalava ZD, Konradi AO, Kopylova OV, Korostovtseva LS, Kotova MB, Kulikova MS, Lavrenova EA, Lischenko OV, Lopatina MV, Lukina YV, Lukyanov MM, Mayev IV, Mamedov MN, Markelova SV, Martsevich SY, Metelskaya VA, Meshkov AN, Milushkina OY, Mukaneeva DK, Myrzamatova AO, Nebieridze DV, Orlov DO, Poddubskaya EA, Popovich MV, Popovkina OE, Potievskaya VI, Prozorova GG, Rakovskaya YS, Rotar OP, Rybakov IA, Sviryaev YV, Skripnikova IA, Skoblina NA, Smirnova MI, Starinsky VV, Tolpygina SN, Usova EV, Khailova ZV, Shalnova SA, Shepel RN, Shishkova VN, Yavelov IS. 2022 Prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases in Of the Russian Federation. National guidelines. КАРДИОВАСКУЛЯРНАЯ ТЕРАПИЯ И ПРОФИЛАКТИКА 2022. [DOI: 10.15829/1728-8800-2022-3235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Needham C, Strugnell C, Allender S, Orellana L. Beyond food swamps and food deserts: exploring urban Australian food retail environment typologies. Public Health Nutr 2022; 25:1-13. [PMID: 35022093 PMCID: PMC9991784 DOI: 10.1017/s136898002200009x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE 'Food deserts' and 'food swamps' are food retail environment typologies associated with unhealthy diet and obesity. The current study aimed to identify more complex food retail environment typologies and examine temporal trends. DESIGN Measures of food retail environment accessibility and relative healthy food availability were defined for small areas (SA2s) of Melbourne, Australia, from a census of food outlets operating in 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2016. SA2s were classified into typologies using a two-stage approach: (1) SA2s were sorted into twenty clusters according to accessibility and availability and (2) clusters were grouped using evidence-based thresholds. SETTING The current study was set in Melbourne, the capital city of the state of Victoria, Australia. SUBJECTS Food retail environments in 301 small areas (Statistical Area 2) located in Melbourne in 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2016. RESULTS Six typologies were identified based on access (low, moderate and high) and healthy food availability including one where zero food outlets were present. Over the study period, SA2s experienced an overall increase in accessibility and healthiness. Distribution of typologies varied by geographic location and area-level socio-economic position. CONCLUSION Multiple typologies with contrasting access and healthiness measures exist within Melbourne and these continue to change over time, and the majority of SA2s were dominated by the presence of unhealthy relative to healthy outlets, with SA2s experiencing growth and disadvantage having the lowest access and to a greater proportion of unhealthy outlets.
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- Cindy Needham
- Deakin University, Global Obesity Centre, Institute for Health Transformation, Geelong3220, Australia
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- Deakin University, Global Obesity Centre, Institute for Health Transformation, Geelong3220, Australia
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- Deakin University, Global Obesity Centre, Institute for Health Transformation, Geelong3220, Australia
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- Deakin University, Biostatistics Unit, Faculty of Health, Geelong, Australia
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Houghtaling B, Holston D, Szocs C, Penn J, Qi D, Hedrick V. A rapid review of stocking and marketing practices used to sell sugar-sweetened beverages in U.S. food stores. Obes Rev 2021; 22:e13179. [PMID: 33331094 PMCID: PMC7988563 DOI: 10.1111/obr.13179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are a primary source of added sugars in the American diet. Habitual SSB consumption is associated with obesity and noncommunicable disease and is one factor contributing to U.S. health disparities. Public health responses to address marketing-mix and choice-architecture (MMCA) strategies used to sell SSB products may be required. Thus, our goal was to identify original research about stocking and marketing practices used to sell SSB in U.S. food stores. We used Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) protocol for rapid reviewing. We searched six databases and Google Scholar using key terms focused on store type and SSB products. We characterized results using an MMCA framework with categories place, profile, portion, pricing, promotion, priming or prompting, and proximity. Our search resulted in the identification of 29 articles. Most results focused on profile (e.g., SSB availability) (n = 13), pricing (e.g., SSB prices or discounts) (n = 13), or promotion (e.g., SSB advertisements) (n = 13) strategies. We found some evidence of targeted MMCA practices toward at-risk consumers and differences by store format, such as increased SSB prominence among supermarkets. The potential for systematic variations in MMCA strategies used to sell SSB requires more research. We discuss implications for public health, health equity, and environmental sustainability.
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- Bailey Houghtaling
- School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Louisiana State University (LSU) and LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Louisiana State University (LSU) and LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University (LSU) and LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University (LSU) and LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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