Social inequities in the food retail patterns around schools in Recife, Brazil
Sabrina Gomes Ferreira Clark,
Larissa Loures Mendes,
Olivia Souza Honório
et al.
Abstract:This study aimed to describe the community food environment surrounding schools and its association with territorial socio-environmental vulnerability in the city with the highest intraurban social inequity index in Brazil. Methods: this ecological observational study includes data on the presence and type of food retail in a 400 m buffer surrounding public and private schools in Recife. We have also described the Health Vulnerability Index (HVI) of census tracts and conducted multivariate analyses. Results: t… Show more
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