Urbanization and food environment related to cardiovascular health in La Calera city, Córdoba, Argentina, 2016-2017

Objective: analyze the food environment through the commercial availability of food associated with cardiovascular health and its relationship with the level of urbanization in the city of La Calera.Methodology: the characteristics of urbanization and commercial availability of food were relieved. T...

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Autores principales: Scarlatta, Vanesa Roxana, Defagó, Maria Daniela
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/28515
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Sumario:Objective: analyze the food environment through the commercial availability of food associated with cardiovascular health and its relationship with the level of urbanization in the city of La Calera.Methodology: the characteristics of urbanization and commercial availability of food were relieved. The association between urbanization characteristics and food availability by area was analyzed. The food commercial environment was georefenced with the QGIS 2.18.4 program - Las Palmas.Results: the geographical areas were categorized as: Urbanization level 1 (reached or exceeded 75% of the urbanization indicators studied, central, northern and western areas) and Urbanization level 2 (did not reach 75% of the indicators, southern and eastern areas). The availability of margarine (p=0.04) and packaged bread (p=0.01) was higher in areas with lower levels of urbanization.Conclusions: urbanization indicators significantly affected the commercial availability of margarine and packaged breads.