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Patterns of Street Food Purchase in Cities From Central Asia

Street food makes a significant contribution to the diet of many dwellers in low- and middle-income countries and its trade is a well-developed activity in the central Asian region. However, data on its purchase and nutritional value is still scarce. This study aimed to describe street food purchasi...

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Autores principales: Sousa, Sofia, Lança de Morais, Inês, Albuquerque, Gabriela, Gelormini, Marcello, Casal, Susana, Pinho, Olívia, Motta, Carla, Damasceno, Albertino, Moreira, Pedro, Breda, João, Lunet, Nuno, Padrão, Patrícia
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9263728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35811986
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.925771
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author Sousa, Sofia
Lança de Morais, Inês
Albuquerque, Gabriela
Gelormini, Marcello
Casal, Susana
Pinho, Olívia
Motta, Carla
Damasceno, Albertino
Moreira, Pedro
Breda, João
Lunet, Nuno
Padrão, Patrícia
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Lança de Morais, Inês
Albuquerque, Gabriela
Gelormini, Marcello
Casal, Susana
Pinho, Olívia
Motta, Carla
Damasceno, Albertino
Moreira, Pedro
Breda, João
Lunet, Nuno
Padrão, Patrícia
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description Street food makes a significant contribution to the diet of many dwellers in low- and middle-income countries and its trade is a well-developed activity in the central Asian region. However, data on its purchase and nutritional value is still scarce. This study aimed to describe street food purchasing patterns in central Asia, according to time and place of purchase. A multicentre cross-sectional study was conducted in 2016/2017 in the main urban areas of four central Asian countries: Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) and Almaty (Kazakhstan). Street food markets (n = 34) and vending sites (n = 390) were selected by random and systematic sampling procedures. Data on the purchased foods and beverages were collected by direct observation. Time and geographic location of the purchases was registered, and their nutritional composition was estimated. A total of 714 customers, who bought 852 foods, were observed. Customers' influx, buying rate and purchase of industrial food were higher in city centers compared to the outskirts (median: 4.0 vs. 2.0 customers/10 min, p < 0.001; 5.0 vs. 2.0 food items/10 min, p < 0.001; 36.2 vs. 28.7%, p = 0.004). Tea, coffee, bread and savory pastries were most frequently purchased in the early morning, bread, main dishes and savory pastries during lunchtime, and industrial products in the mid-morning and mid-afternoon periods. Energy and macronutrient density was highest at 11:00–12:00 and lowest at 09:00–10:00. Purchases were smaller but more energy-dense in city centers, and higher in saturated and trans-fat in the peripheries. This work provides an overview of the street food buying habits in these cities, which in turn reflect local food culture. These findings from the main urban areas of four low- and middle-income countries which are currently under nutrition transition can be useful when designing public health interventions customized to the specificities of these food environments and their customers.
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spelling pubmed-92637282022-07-09 Patterns of Street Food Purchase in Cities From Central Asia Sousa, Sofia Lança de Morais, Inês Albuquerque, Gabriela Gelormini, Marcello Casal, Susana Pinho, Olívia Motta, Carla Damasceno, Albertino Moreira, Pedro Breda, João Lunet, Nuno Padrão, Patrícia Front Nutr Nutrition Street food makes a significant contribution to the diet of many dwellers in low- and middle-income countries and its trade is a well-developed activity in the central Asian region. However, data on its purchase and nutritional value is still scarce. This study aimed to describe street food purchasing patterns in central Asia, according to time and place of purchase. A multicentre cross-sectional study was conducted in 2016/2017 in the main urban areas of four central Asian countries: Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) and Almaty (Kazakhstan). Street food markets (n = 34) and vending sites (n = 390) were selected by random and systematic sampling procedures. Data on the purchased foods and beverages were collected by direct observation. Time and geographic location of the purchases was registered, and their nutritional composition was estimated. A total of 714 customers, who bought 852 foods, were observed. Customers' influx, buying rate and purchase of industrial food were higher in city centers compared to the outskirts (median: 4.0 vs. 2.0 customers/10 min, p < 0.001; 5.0 vs. 2.0 food items/10 min, p < 0.001; 36.2 vs. 28.7%, p = 0.004). Tea, coffee, bread and savory pastries were most frequently purchased in the early morning, bread, main dishes and savory pastries during lunchtime, and industrial products in the mid-morning and mid-afternoon periods. Energy and macronutrient density was highest at 11:00–12:00 and lowest at 09:00–10:00. Purchases were smaller but more energy-dense in city centers, and higher in saturated and trans-fat in the peripheries. This work provides an overview of the street food buying habits in these cities, which in turn reflect local food culture. These findings from the main urban areas of four low- and middle-income countries which are currently under nutrition transition can be useful when designing public health interventions customized to the specificities of these food environments and their customers. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9263728/ /pubmed/35811986 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.925771 Text en Copyright © 2022 Sousa, Lança de Morais, Albuquerque, Gelormini, Casal, Pinho, Motta, Damasceno, Moreira, Breda, Lunet and Padrão. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Lança de Morais, Inês
Albuquerque, Gabriela
Gelormini, Marcello
Casal, Susana
Pinho, Olívia
Motta, Carla
Damasceno, Albertino
Moreira, Pedro
Breda, João
Lunet, Nuno
Padrão, Patrícia
Patterns of Street Food Purchase in Cities From Central Asia
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title_fullStr Patterns of Street Food Purchase in Cities From Central Asia
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title_short Patterns of Street Food Purchase in Cities From Central Asia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9263728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35811986
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.925771
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