TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban environment and dietary behaviours as perceived by residents living in socioeconomically diverse neighbourhoods
T2 - A qualitative study in a Mediterranean context
AU - Rivera-Navarro, Jesús
AU - Conde, Paloma
AU - Díez, Julia
AU - Gutiérrez-Sastre, Marta
AU - González-Salgado, Ignacio
AU - Sandín, María
AU - Gittelsohn, Joel
AU - Franco, Manuel
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a national grant of Spanish government (CSO 2016-77257-P) and by “Heart Healthy Hoods” funded by the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013/ERC) Starting Grant Heart Healthy Hoods agreement no. 336893.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by a national grant of Spanish government ( CSO 2016-77257-P ) and by "Heart Healthy Hoods" funded by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme ( FP7/2007-2013/ERC ) Starting Grant Heart Healthy Hoods agreement no. 336893.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/2/1
Y1 - 2021/2/1
N2 - Scholars have determined that low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with unhealthy dietary behaviours and that local food environments shape food inequality. Less is known about how residents' perceptions of their food environment affect their dietary behaviours. We conducted 37 semistructured interviews and 29 focus groups in three socioeconomically distinct neighbourhoods in Madrid. We identified the following main categories related to social and physical food environments: (a) perceptions of healthy and unhealthy dietary behaviours, (b) children's relationships with food, (c) precariousness and (d) residential food retailer types. Older adults were perceived as healthier consumers, whereas younger people were identified as fast-food consumers. In the low- and middle-SES neighbourhoods, residents saw home-cooked legume-based stews as healthy food. In the high-SES neighbourhood, television cooking programs were highlighted as a positive influence. In the low- and middle-SES neighbourhoods, grandparents played an essential role in the transmission of healthy eating habits to their grandchildren. In the high-SES neighbourhood, children's diets at home were determined by school menus. In the low- and middle-SES neighbourhoods, participants talked about a black market where food could be purchased. Food retailers with low-quality foods were also highlighted. In all neighbourhoods, residents missed traditional food stores, and in the low- and middle-SES neighbourhoods, immigrant-run food stores were not well accepted. Our study presents the concepts shaping how neighbourhood SES differences affect dietary behaviours according to residents of a large Mediterranean city.
AB - Scholars have determined that low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with unhealthy dietary behaviours and that local food environments shape food inequality. Less is known about how residents' perceptions of their food environment affect their dietary behaviours. We conducted 37 semistructured interviews and 29 focus groups in three socioeconomically distinct neighbourhoods in Madrid. We identified the following main categories related to social and physical food environments: (a) perceptions of healthy and unhealthy dietary behaviours, (b) children's relationships with food, (c) precariousness and (d) residential food retailer types. Older adults were perceived as healthier consumers, whereas younger people were identified as fast-food consumers. In the low- and middle-SES neighbourhoods, residents saw home-cooked legume-based stews as healthy food. In the high-SES neighbourhood, television cooking programs were highlighted as a positive influence. In the low- and middle-SES neighbourhoods, grandparents played an essential role in the transmission of healthy eating habits to their grandchildren. In the high-SES neighbourhood, children's diets at home were determined by school menus. In the low- and middle-SES neighbourhoods, participants talked about a black market where food could be purchased. Food retailers with low-quality foods were also highlighted. In all neighbourhoods, residents missed traditional food stores, and in the low- and middle-SES neighbourhoods, immigrant-run food stores were not well accepted. Our study presents the concepts shaping how neighbourhood SES differences affect dietary behaviours according to residents of a large Mediterranean city.
KW - Diet
KW - Food environment
KW - Neighbourhood
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Socioeconomic status
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U2 - 10.1016/j.appet.2020.104983
DO - 10.1016/j.appet.2020.104983
M3 - Article
C2 - 33045303
AN - SCOPUS:85092645857
SN - 0195-6663
VL - 157
JO - Appetite
JF - Appetite
M1 - 104983
ER -