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Prevalence of daily fruit and vegetable intake by socio-economic characteristics, women’s empowerment, and climate zone: an ecological study in Latin American cities
Journal of nutritional science (Cambridge), v 14, e4
01 Jan 2025
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Abstract
This cross-sectional ecological study described fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake variability across 144 cities in 8 Latin American countries and by city-level contextual variables. Data sources came from health surveys and census data (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru). Self-reported frequency of F&V intake was harmonised across surveys. Daily F&V intake was considered as consumption 7 d of the week. Using a mixed-effects model, we estimated age and sex-standardised city prevalences of daily F&V intake. Through Kruskal–Wallis tests, we compared city F&V daily intake prevalence by tertiles of city variables related to women’s empowerment, socio-economics, and climate zones. The median prevalence for daily F&V intake was 55.7% across all cities (22.1% to 85.4%). Compared to the least favourable tertile of city conditions, F&V daily intake prevalence was higher for cities within the most favourable tertile of per capita GDP (median = 65.7% vs. 53.0%), labour force participation (median = 68.7% vs. 49.4%), women achievement-labour force score (median = 63.9% vs. 45.7%), and gender inequality index (median = 58.6% vs. 48.6%). Also, prevalences were higher for temperate climate zones than arid climate zones (median = 65.9% vs. 50.6%). No patterns were found by city level of educational attainment, city size, or population density. This study provides evidence that the prevalence of daily F&V intake varies across Latin American cities and may be favoured by higher socio-economic development, women’s empowerment, and temperate weather. Interventions to improve F&V intake in Latin America should consider the behaviour disparities related to underlying local social, economic, and climate zone characteristics.
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- Title
- Prevalence of daily fruit and vegetable intake by socio-economic characteristics, women’s empowerment, and climate zone: an ecological study in Latin American cities
- Creators
- Giovanna ValentinoAmy AuchinclossBinod AcharyaNatalia TumasNancy López-OlmedoAna OrtigozaMariana Carvalho de MenezesMaría Kroker-LobosCarolina Nazzal
- Publication Details
- Journal of nutritional science (Cambridge), v 14, e4
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; CAMBRIDGE
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- Wellcome Trust: 205177/Z/16/Z FAPEMIG, Brasil: APQ-01432-23 Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID): 21210712
This work was supported by Wellcome Trust (grant number: 205177/Z/16/Z) and FAPEMIG, Brasil (grant number: APQ-01432- 23). Giovanna Valentino was supported by the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) Scholarship Program DOCTORADO NACIONAL (award number 21210712). The funding sources had no involvement in study design, in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, in the writing of the report, and in the decision to submit the article for publication.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001395913300001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85215667864
- Other Identifier
- 991022018690504721
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- Nutrition & Dietetics