Food consumed outside the home in Brazil according to places of purchase.

Ilana Nogueira Bezerra,Amanda De Moura Souza,Tyciane Maria Vieira Moreira,Rosely Sichieri,Jessica Brito Cavalcante

doi:10.1590/s1518-8787.2017051006750

Abstract

ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE This study aims to describe the places of purchase of food consumed outside the home, characterize consumers according to the places of consumption, and identify the food purchased by place of consumption in Brazil.METHODS We have used data from the Pesquisa de Orçamento Familiar (Household Budget Survey) of 2008-2009 with a sample of 152,895 subjects over 10 years of age. The purchase of food outside the home was collected from the records of all expenditures made in seven days. The places of purchase were grouped according to their characteristics: supermarket, bakery, street food, restaurant, snack bar, fruit shop, and other places. The types of food were grouped into nine categories, considering the nutritional aspects and the marketing characteristics of the item. We have estimated the frequency of purchase in the seven groups of places in Brazil and according to gender and type of food purchased per place. We have calculated the average age, income and years of education, as well as the per capita expenditure according to places of purchase of food consumed outside the home.RESULTS The purchase of food outside the home was reported by 41.2% of the subjects, being it greater among men than women (44% versus 38.5%). Adults had a higher frequency (46%) than teenagers (37.7%) and older adults (24.2%). The highest frequency of places of purchase were snack bar (16.9%) and restaurant (16.4%), while the fruit shop (1.2%) presented the lowest frequency. Sweets, snack chips and soft drinks were the most purchased items in most places. Average expenditure was higher for restaurant (R$33.20) and lower for fruit shop (R$4.10) and street food (R$5.00).CONCLUSIONS The highest percentage of food consumed outside the home comes from snack bars and restaurants, pointing to important places for the development of public policies focused on promoting healthy eating.

Highlights

The pattern of food consumption of the population in several countries has been changing over the years[14,15]
The highest percentage of food consumed outside the home comes from snack bars and restaurants, pointing to important places for the development of public policies focused on promoting healthy eating
In Brazil, most meals are still eaten in the home (68.9% of expenditures on food in 2008-2009), food consumed outside the home has increased as we can see by the growth of the percentage of expenditure on ita

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The pattern of food consumption of the population in several countries has been changing over the years[14,15]. In Brazil, most meals are still eaten in the home (68.9% of expenditures on food in 2008-2009), food consumed outside the home has increased as we can see by the growth of the percentage of expenditure on ita. Among the places of purchase of food, we can highlight fast food chains, which have grown and improved their menu[1]. These chains offer food with low nutritional value[9], which contributes to the development of obesity[4]. In addition to modern fast food chains, the segment of street food is important in the sector of food outside the home[7], and we can observe positive association between subjects who eat on the street and higher rates of prevalence of obesity and hypertension[6]

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