Journal article
Food and beverage purchases at formal and informal outlets in Mexico
Public health nutrition
26 Oct 2022
PMID: 36285524
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Abstract
Objective:To examine food and beverage purchasing patterns across formal and informal outlets among Mexican households' and explore differences by urbanicity and income. Design:Cross-sectional study of a nationally representative sample of households. We calculated the proportion of total food and beverage expenditure in each household by food outlet type overall and by urbanicity and income. We defined informal outlets as those which are not registered or regulated by tax and fiscal laws. Since some of the outlets within community food environments do not fall in clear categories, we defined a continuum from formal to informal outlets, adding mixed outlets as a category. Setting:Mexico. Participants:Mexican households (n 74 203) from the 2018 National Income and Expenditure Survey. Results:Of the total food and beverage purchases, outlets within the formal food sector (i.e. supermarkets and convenience stores) accounted for 15 % of the purchases, 13 % of purchases occurred in outlets within the informal food sector (i.e. street markets, street vendors and acquaintances) and 70 % in fiscally mixed outlets (i.e. small neighbourhood stores, specialty stores and public markets). Across levels of urbanicity and income, most food and beverage purchases occurred in mixed outlets. Also, purchases in informal and mixed outlets decreased as levels of urbanicity and income increased. In contrast to informal outlets, purchases in formal outlets were most likely from richer households and living in larger sized cities. Conclusions:Understanding where Mexican households shop for food is relevant to create tailored interventions according to food outlet type, accounting for regulatory and governance structures.
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- Title
- Food and beverage purchases at formal and informal outlets in Mexico
- Creators
- Irene Farah - Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.Dalia Stern - CONACyT-Center for Research on Population Health, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.Yenisei Ramirez - Instituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaNancy Lopez-Olmedo - Instituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaCarolina Perez-Ferrer - National Institute of Public HealthBrent A. Langellier - Drexel UniversityM. Arantxa Colchero - Center for Research on Health Systems, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutierrez - Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
- Publication Details
- Public health nutrition
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- 205177/Z/16/Z / Salud Urbana en America Latina (SALURBAL)/Urban Health in Latin America - Wellcome Trust
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000911977000001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85141240961
- Other Identifier
- 991020100074004721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Nutrition & Dietetics
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health