Spatial pattern analysis of the impact of community food environments on foetal macrosomia, preterm births and low birth weight
Micaela Natalia Campero,
Carlos Matías Scavuzzo,
Carlos Marcelo Scavuzzo
et al.
Abstract:Community food environments (CFEs) have a strong impact on child health and nutrition and this impact is currently negative in many areas. In the Republic of Argentina, there is a lack of research evaluating CFEs regionally and comprehensively by tools based on geographic information systems (GIS). This study aimed to characterize the spatial patterns of CFEs, through variables associated with its three dimensions (political, individual and environmental), and their association with the spatial distribution in… Show more
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