Comparing food environment and food purchase in areas with low and high prevalence of obesity: data from a mapping, in-store audit, and population-based survey

• Main Authors: Daniele Flaviane Mendes Camargo (Author), Ana Paula Belon (Author), Leticia Marín-León (Author), Bruna Fernanda do Nascimento Jacinto de Souza (Author), Rafael Pérez-Escamilla (Author), Ana Maria Segall-Corrêa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Our study aimed to compare key aspects of the food environment in two low-income areas in the city of Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil: one with low and the other with high prevalence of obesity. We compared the availability of retail food establishments, the types of food sold, and the...