Mapping of points of sale and advertising of food, alcoholic beverages and tobacco around primary schools in the City of Santa Fe (Argentina)
Keywords:
food publicity, marketing, access to healthy food, child, food enviroment, obesogenic environment, alcohol, tobaccoAbstract
Background: The availability of unhealthy foods and beverages, alcohol and tobacco in school environments can negatively influence children's consumption preferences; however, this environment has been little studied in Argentina. Objectives: To characterize the availability of food, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco points of sale and advertising around elementary schools in the city of Santa Fe, according to type of management. Materials and methods: Observational and cross-sectional study. Using Google® Street View, advertisements and points of sale were mapped in a radius of 200 meters around schools. RESULTS: Around the 97 schools analyzed, 1,232 points of sale and 1,231 advertisements were identified. 74.1% of the outlets were classified as unhealthy according to the GAPAs, 37.3% were in the central district. The 44.4% is advertising of food for optional consumption and 41.5% of alcoholic beverages and the visualization of the brand and image of the product prevails (55.5%). Five tobacco advertisements were identified. Conclusions: A high penetration of unhealthy food and beverage and alcohol outlets and advertising was found around schools attended by primary school children in the City of Santa Fe.
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