TY - JOUR
T1 - Street food stand availability, density, and distribution across income levels in mexico city
AU - Rosales Chavez, Jose B.
AU - Bruening, Meg
AU - Ohri-Vachaspati, Punam
AU - Lee, Rebecca E.
AU - Jehn, Megan
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by the School of Human Evolution and Social Change and the Graduate and Professional Student Association’s Research Grant.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021/4/2
Y1 - 2021/4/2
N2 - Street food stands (SFS) are an understudied element of the food environment. Previous SFS studies have not used a rigorous approach to document the availability, density, and distribution of SFS across neighborhood income levels and points of access in Mexico City. A random sample (n = 761) of street segments representing 20 low-, middle-, and high-income neighborhoods were assessed using geographic information system (GIS) and ground-truthing methods. All three income levels contained SFS. However, SFS availability and density were higher in middle-income neighborhoods. The distribution of SFS showed that SFS were most often found near homes, transportation centers, and worksites. SFS availability near schools may have been limited by local school policies. Additional studies are needed to further document relationships between SFS availability, density, and distribution, and current structures and processes.
AB - Street food stands (SFS) are an understudied element of the food environment. Previous SFS studies have not used a rigorous approach to document the availability, density, and distribution of SFS across neighborhood income levels and points of access in Mexico City. A random sample (n = 761) of street segments representing 20 low-, middle-, and high-income neighborhoods were assessed using geographic information system (GIS) and ground-truthing methods. All three income levels contained SFS. However, SFS availability and density were higher in middle-income neighborhoods. The distribution of SFS showed that SFS were most often found near homes, transportation centers, and worksites. SFS availability near schools may have been limited by local school policies. Additional studies are needed to further document relationships between SFS availability, density, and distribution, and current structures and processes.
KW - Food environment
KW - Food retail
KW - Geographic information systems
KW - Ground-truthing
KW - Mexico
KW - Street food stands
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18083953
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18083953
M3 - Article
C2 - 33918669
AN - SCOPUS:85103850827
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 18
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
IS - 8
M1 - 3953
ER -