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DOI	10.1007/s12571-021-01237-w
	Food deserts and food swamps in a Brazilian metropolis: comparison of methods to evaluate the community food environment in Belo Horizonte
	Honorio, Olivia Souza; Horta, Paula Martins; Pessoa, Milene Cristine; Jardim, Mariana Zogbi; do Carmo, Ariene Silva; Mendes, Larissa Loures
通讯作者	Mendes, LL (corresponding author), Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Dept Nutr, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
来源期刊	FOOD SECURITY
ISSN	1876-4517
EISSN	1876-4525
出版年	2021-11
英文摘要	The aim of this study was to evaluate the community food environment, food deserts and food swamps using several methods in Belo Horizonte City, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Information on the community food environment was obtained from a comprehensive dataset collected from two secondary sources in the city. Analysis units comprised census tracts and buffers traced from the centroid of census tracts. Per-capita income was used as an explanatory variable. Five different methods, including one developed in Brazil, were used to identify and evaluate food deserts and food swamps throughout the city. The method from Brazil (which employs density of healthy establishments per 10,000 inhabitants) classified 37.7% of census tracts as food deserts. Food deserts were more frequent in the lowest-income tracts. Other methods gave food deserts lower values, and one method 2 (census tract) was similar to that found by the Brazilian method. The highest percentages of census tracts classified as food swamps were obtained using method 2 (mRFEI- percent healthy establishments, with 800 m buffer), with 66.6%, and using method 5 (density of outlets selling ultra-processed foods), with 58.5%. Food swamps were also found to be more frequent in the lowest-income tracts, especially when method 4 (count of unhealthy establishments) was applied. We conclude that most parts of Belo Horizonte provide easy physical access to retailers selling predominantly ultra-processed foods. Food deserts and food swamps were widely found, often in the same areas. The metric of food deserts and food swamps developed in Brazil was the most appropriate, because it considered specificities of the local food environment. In addition, it is necessary to improve existing food desert and wetland metrics. For example, include the income variable in these calculations.
英文关键词	Food deserts Food swamps Food environment Socioeconomic vulnerability Ecological studies Food retailers
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000719173800001
WOS关键词	HEALTH ; NEIGHBORHOODS ; ACCESS
WOS类目	Food Science & Technology
WOS研究方向	Food Science & Technology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/367653
作者单位	[Honorio, Olivia Souza; Horta, Paula Martins; Pessoa, Milene Cristine; Jardim, Mariana Zogbi; Mendes, Larissa Loures] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Dept Nutr, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; [do Carmo, Ariene Silva] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Fac Med, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Honorio, Olivia Souza,Horta, Paula Martins,Pessoa, Milene Cristine,et al. Food deserts and food swamps in a Brazilian metropolis: comparison of methods to evaluate the community food environment in Belo Horizonte[J],2021.
APA	Honorio, Olivia Souza,Horta, Paula Martins,Pessoa, Milene Cristine,Jardim, Mariana Zogbi,do Carmo, Ariene Silva,&Mendes, Larissa Loures.(2021).Food deserts and food swamps in a Brazilian metropolis: comparison of methods to evaluate the community food environment in Belo Horizonte.FOOD SECURITY.
MLA	Honorio, Olivia Souza,et al."Food deserts and food swamps in a Brazilian metropolis: comparison of methods to evaluate the community food environment in Belo Horizonte".FOOD SECURITY (2021).