Development and Application of Healthiness Indicators for Commercial Establishments that Sell Foods for Immediate Consumption
Studies of food environments lack easy-to-apply indicators for their characterization and monitoring. This study aimed to create and assess the applicability of an a priori classification of establishments that sell foods for immediate consumption and to develop and apply indicators for assessment o...
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| author | Letícia Ferreira Tavares Patrícia Maria Périco Perez Maria Eliza Assis dos Passos Paulo Cesar Pereira de Castro Junior Amanda da Silva Franco Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro |
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| description | Studies of food environments lack easy-to-apply indicators for their characterization and monitoring. This study aimed to create and assess the applicability of an a priori classification of establishments that sell foods for immediate consumption and to develop and apply indicators for assessment of the establishments’ healthiness. The indicators were grouped by the types of foods sold most frequently at these establishments, according to the extent and purpose of the foods’ industrial processing. Four indicators were developed, based on the availability of unprocessed/minimally processed foods (MPF) and ultra-processed foods (UPF) in the establishments. The classification and indicators were applied to commercial food establishments at two Brazilian universities. Descriptive analyses were performed to characterize the food environment for all the establishments and by university. Two proportion indicators assess the relative availability of subgroups of MPF and UPF. The UPF/MPF ratio expresses the relative advantage/disadvantage of the availability of MPF compared to that of UPF. The Healthiness Index or summary score expresses the availability of MPF and the unavailability of UPF. The classification and indicators present good discriminatory power and are easy to operationalize, interpret, and adapt. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66733cf425584b229f6c73df39d97ed12023-11-22T01:01:31ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582021-06-01106143410.3390/foods10061434Development and Application of Healthiness Indicators for Commercial Establishments that Sell Foods for Immediate ConsumptionLetícia Ferreira Tavares0Patrícia Maria Périco Perez1Maria Eliza Assis dos Passos2Paulo Cesar Pereira de Castro Junior3Amanda da Silva Franco4Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso5Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro6Institute of Nutrition Josué de Castro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, BrazilInstitute of Nutrition, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20559-900, BrazilInstitute of Nutrition Josué de Castro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, BrazilInstitute of Nutrition Josué de Castro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, BrazilNutrition Coordination, Health Sciences Center, Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos (UNIFESO), Rio de Janeiro 25964-000, BrazilOswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), National School of Public Health, Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, BrazilInstitute of Nutrition, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20559-900, BrazilStudies of food environments lack easy-to-apply indicators for their characterization and monitoring. This study aimed to create and assess the applicability of an a priori classification of establishments that sell foods for immediate consumption and to develop and apply indicators for assessment of the establishments’ healthiness. The indicators were grouped by the types of foods sold most frequently at these establishments, according to the extent and purpose of the foods’ industrial processing. Four indicators were developed, based on the availability of unprocessed/minimally processed foods (MPF) and ultra-processed foods (UPF) in the establishments. The classification and indicators were applied to commercial food establishments at two Brazilian universities. Descriptive analyses were performed to characterize the food environment for all the establishments and by university. Two proportion indicators assess the relative availability of subgroups of MPF and UPF. The UPF/MPF ratio expresses the relative advantage/disadvantage of the availability of MPF compared to that of UPF. The Healthiness Index or summary score expresses the availability of MPF and the unavailability of UPF. The classification and indicators present good discriminatory power and are easy to operationalize, interpret, and adapt.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/6/1434consumer food environmentassessmentultra-processed foods |
| spellingShingle | Letícia Ferreira Tavares Patrícia Maria Périco Perez Maria Eliza Assis dos Passos Paulo Cesar Pereira de Castro Junior Amanda da Silva Franco Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro Development and Application of Healthiness Indicators for Commercial Establishments that Sell Foods for Immediate Consumption Foods consumer food environment assessment ultra-processed foods |
| title | Development and Application of Healthiness Indicators for Commercial Establishments that Sell Foods for Immediate Consumption |
| title_full | Development and Application of Healthiness Indicators for Commercial Establishments that Sell Foods for Immediate Consumption |
| title_fullStr | Development and Application of Healthiness Indicators for Commercial Establishments that Sell Foods for Immediate Consumption |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and Application of Healthiness Indicators for Commercial Establishments that Sell Foods for Immediate Consumption |
| title_short | Development and Application of Healthiness Indicators for Commercial Establishments that Sell Foods for Immediate Consumption |
| title_sort | development and application of healthiness indicators for commercial establishments that sell foods for immediate consumption |
| topic | consumer food environment assessment ultra-processed foods |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/6/1434 |
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