Trends in spending on eating away from home in Brazil, 2002-2003 to 2008-2009

Abstract

The study aims to describe trends in food consumption away from home in Brazil from 2002-2003 to 2008-2009 and to analyze the influence of income on this behavior. The authors used data collected by the Household Budget Surveys conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 2002-2003 and 2008-2009. The information analyzed in this study involves records of food and beverage purchases for consumption away from home. Trends in eating away from home were estimated for the total population and according to demographic and economic strata. The association between the share of food consumed away from home and income was studied using regression models to estimate income elasticity coefficients. The share of eating away from home increased 25% during the period, reaching 28% of total spending on food. Each 10% increase in mean per capita income leads to a 3.5% increase in the share of food consumed away from home. This suggests that income growth will result in future increases in the share of eating away from home.

A influência dos locais de refeição e de aquisição de alimentos no consumo de frutas e hortaliças por adultos no município de São Paulo

“…Regarding the meals outside the household, several studies point to worse nutritional quality of the meals in this context 23,32 , however, this study does not corroborate others mentioned earlier, since it presents a positive relationship between the intake of vegetables and the meals had at full service restaurants. The access to healthy foods varies according to the type of business and the socioeconomic status of the population in the city of São Paulo 29 .…”

“…In the scientific literature, there are no studies demonstrating this relationship. The studies state that, among the main factors associated with the changes in dietary patterns that the Brazilian population has been undergoing in the past few decades, is the increasing habit of eating meals outside the household 23 . This habit, in industrialized countries, is related with cultural, social and environmental factors 24 .…”

Publicidade de alimentos: vende-se o quê?

“…Estudos que analisaram os dados da Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares de diferentes anos, mostram que houve um aumento no consumo de produtos ultraprocessados em ambiente domiciliar [4][5][6] . Essa problemática é captada pela publicidade e é possível solucionar essas demandas, associá-las a emoções e prazeres, embalados em um produto alimentar.…”

Iniquidades no acesso aos benefícios alimentação e refeição no Brasil: uma análise da Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares 2008-2009

“…Outra expressiva mudança nos padrões de alimentação dos brasileiros foi em relação ao local de realização das refeições. Entre 2002Entre -2003Entre e 2008Entre -2009, a participação da alimentação fora do domicílio cresceu 25%, chegando a representar 28% dos gastos totais com alimentação e 18% da energia consumida diariamente 6,7 .…”