Food Availability in Different Food Environments Surrounding Schools in a Vulnerable Urban Area of Santiago, Chile: Exploring Socioeconomic Determinants

dc.contributor.authorPinheiro, Anna Christina [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorQuintiliano-Scarpelli, Daiana
dc.contributor.authorFlores, Jacqueline Araneda
dc.contributor.authorÁlvarez, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorSuárez-Reyes, Mónica
dc.contributor.authorPalacios, José Luis
dc.contributor.authorQuevedo, Tito Pizarro
dc.contributor.authorde Oliveira, Maria Rita Marques [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidad del Desarrollo
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Bío-Bío
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Santiago de Chile
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidad de Santiago de Chile
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Santiago
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T19:52:55Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T19:52:55Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-01
dc.description.abstractThe analysis of the food environment is used to identify areas with gaps in the availability of healthy foods and can be used as a public policy assessment tool. In recent decades, Chile has implemented several strategies and regulations to improve food environments, with encouraging results. Little is known about the scope of these measures in socially vulnerable environments. This study is part of a project that seeks to build an integrated intervention model for healthy school environments in a vulnerable area of Santiago, Chile. The objective of this study was to evaluate the availability of healthy and unhealthy foods around schools and the relationship between it and socioeconomic determinants of the school community in the Chilean context. A cross-sectional study to measure the food environment of informal markets (street food), formal markets (stores), and institutions (schools) was conducted in and around 12 schools (100 m surrounding schools) in a vulnerable urban area of Santiago, Chile. A lack of healthy foods was observed, which was related to some socio-economic determinants and the multidimensional poverty was the most relevant. The diagnosis of food environments around schools can represent an important target for governments to implement policies focused at improving the availability of healthy foods.en
dc.description.affiliationCarrera de Nutrición y Dietética Facultad de Medicina-Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo
dc.description.affiliationMedical School São Paulo State University
dc.description.affiliationFaculty of Health and Food Sciences University of Bío-Bío
dc.description.affiliationIT Innovation Center for Social Apps University of Santiago de Chile
dc.description.affiliationEscuela de Ciencias de la Actividad Física el Deporte y la Salud Universidad de Santiago de Chile
dc.description.affiliationCenter for Studies in Food Science and Technology University of Santiago de Chile
dc.description.affiliationFaculty of Medical Sciences University of Santiago
dc.description.affiliationInstitute of Biosciences São Paulo State University
dc.description.affiliationUnespMedical School São Paulo State University
dc.description.affiliationUnespInstitute of Biosciences São Paulo State University
dc.description.sponsorshipFondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico: IT18I0016
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11070901
dc.identifier.citationFoods, v. 11, n. 7, 2022.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/foods11070901
dc.identifier.issn2304-8158
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85127584656
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/223764
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFoods
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjecthealthy foods
dc.subjectmultidimensional poverty
dc.subjectpolices
dc.subjectschool food environments
dc.subjectunhealthy foods
dc.titleFood Availability in Different Food Environments Surrounding Schools in a Vulnerable Urban Area of Santiago, Chile: Exploring Socioeconomic Determinantsen
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