Spatial inequalities of retail food stores may determine availability of healthful food choices in a Brazilian metropolis.
Mariana Souza LopesWaleska Teixeira CaiaffaAmanda Cristina de Souza AndradeAriene do Carmo SilvaSharrelle BarberLarissa Loures MendesAmélia Augusta de Lima FrichePublished in: Public health nutrition (2021)
Economic segregation is associated with differences in the distribution of food stores. Both low and high segregation territories should be prioritised by public policies to ensure healthy and adequate nutrition as a right for all communities. The former must continue to be protected from access to unhealthy commercial food outlets, while the latter must be the locus of actions that limit the availability of unhealthy commercial food store.