Larissa Loures Mendes

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ID3677669
NOMBRELarissa Loures Mendes
NOMBRESLarissa Loures
APELLIDOMendes
FIRMAMENDES L L
AFILIACIONESUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
ORCID0000-0002-0031-3862
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS34
TOTAL DE CITAS19
TOTAL COMO AUTOR34
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2012
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Food Environment Surrounding Public Transportation Stops and Stations in a Brazilian Metropolis

    Open AccessLuciana Lins Rocha, Letícia Lopes Vieira et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2026

    Public transportation facilities are high-traffic urban spaces that may shape food access and dietary choices, yet their surrounding food environments remain understudied, particularly in socially vulnerable settings. This study characterized the food environment surrounding public transportation facilities in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. We conducted an ecological study using georeferenced data from 47 bus stations, 47,003 bus stops, and 18 subway st…

  • Contribution of different food outlets to the purchase of unprocessed or minimally processed foods in Brazil

    Open AccessAriene Silva Do Carmo, Larissa Loures Mendes et al.ARTICLEFood Security2026

    There is still little evidence in the literature about the the outlets where unprocessed or minimally processed foods are purchased in world’s low- and middle-income countries. This study describes the purchase of such foods (including fruits and vegetables) for household consumption in Brazil according to food outlet type and geographic location. This study uses data from the Household Budget Surveys 2017–2018 on household purchases of unprocess…

  • Inequalities in access to food in Brazil

    Open AccessLetícia Lopes Vieira, Raquel Canuto et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2026

    Vulnerable populations, such as women and Black individuals, face greater physical and economic challenges in accessing food, revealing that food environments are structured as a reflection of the country’s social inequalities. In this context, this study aimed to conduct a scoping review in order to identify studies on food access, acquisition, and availability in Brazil, with a specific focus on gender and race/skin color. The study also aimed …

  • Nutritional profile, food intake and cardio-metabolic indicators among primary schoolchildren of Lokossa, Benin

    Open AccessHerbert Sagbo, Sandhi Maria Barreto et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2026

    This study described nutritional (anthropometric and food intake) and cardiometabolic indictors schoolchildren living in Lokossa, Benin.This cross-sectional study used conglomerate probabilistic sample (n = 612) of primary schoolchildren (8-17 years) (12/2018-1/2019) and included anthropometrics indicators, regular food consumption of markers healthy/unhealthy eating, dietary diversity score, anemia, and blood pressure (BP). Cardio-metabolic indi…

  • Diabetes mellitus com controle glicêmico inadequado aumenta a mortalidade de adultos mais velhos brasileiros

    Open AccessLuciana Lustosa Torres, J L Torres et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2026

    Este estudo teve por objetivo avaliar a associação entre o controle glicêmico do diabetes mellitus e a mortalidade por todas as causas, considerando as categorias “sem diabetes mellitus”, “diabetes mellitus com controle glicêmico adequado” e “diabetes mellitus com controle glicêmico inadequado”. Utilizaram-se dados da linha de base (2015/2016) do ELSI-Brasil, com amostra nacional representativa da população com 50 anos ou mais, vinculados ao Sist…

  • School food environment

    Open AccessLuiza Delazari Borges, Letícia Ferreira Tavares et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    This study aimed to characterize school canteens and food commercialization practices in private schools located in the capitals of Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted based on data from 2.241 school canteens serving elementary and high school levels, collected between 2022 and 2024 as part of the Study on Food Commercialization in Brazilian Schools (Caeb). A validated instrument was used to assess the availability of foods and beverage…

  • Classification of commercial food establishments

    Open AccessNayhanne Gomes Cordeiro, Larissa Loures Mendes et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2025

    The aim is to compare the classification of commercial food establishments obtained by the index of access to food in establishments sold for consumption at home (HFSI) with the classification of food acquisition recommended by the technical study “Mapping of Food Deserts in Brazil”. Investigated commercial food establishments present in the food environment (circular buffer) of areas with and without Public Food and Nutritional Safety Equipment …

  • Classificação de estabelecimentos comerciais de alimentos

    Open AccessNayhanne Gomes Cordeiro, Larissa Loures Mendes et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2025

    O objetivo deste estudo é comparar a classificação dos estabelecimentos comerciais de alimentos obtida pelo índice de acesso a alimentos em estabelecimentos de comercialização para consumo no domicílio (HFSI) com a classificação de aquisição de alimentos preconizada pelo estudo técnico Mapeamento dos Desertos Alimentares no Brasil. Investigou os estabelecimentos comerciais de alimentos presentes no ambiente alimentar (buffer circular) das áreas c…

  • Bridging the Gap in Studies on the Food Environment

    Open AccessMariana Carvalho De Menezes, Ariene Silva Do Carmo et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    Food systems influence population health through multiple pathways and are recognizedas key drivers of the global syndemic of undernutrition, obesity, and climate change(Swinburn et al., 2019) [...]

  • Residential and School Food Swamps and Overweight in Children and Adolescents

    Open AccessIngrid Werneck Linhares, Paula Martins Horta et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    The community food environment, which encompasses residential and school neighborhoods, is an important determinant of overweight in children and adolescents. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the co-occurrence of food swamps in residential and school environments and overweight status. This cross-sectional study included 2601 children and adolescents (aged 5-14 years) from 47 schools in a medium-sized municipality in Brazi…

  • Meal delivery apps before and during the Covid-19

    Open AccessJuliana De Paula Matos, Larissa Loures Mendes et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2025

    The establishments present in meal delivery apps (MDA) and the coverage of these services are little known, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: To analyze the establishments registered in two MDA in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 2019 and 2021. Methods: The sample consisted of the best rated establishments within the MDA in 18 neighborhoods in 2019 (n=357) and 2021 (n=308). Establishments were classified according to the predominance o…

  • Potencialidades e fragilidades do manejo da obesidade infantil na perspectiva dos profissionais da Atenção Primária à Saúde

    Open AccessMariana Zogbi Jardim, Raquel De Deus Mendonça et al.ARTICLEDEMETRA Alimentação Nutrição &…2024

    Introdução: Na Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS), os desafios do manejo da obesidade podem estar relacionados a múltiplos fatores. Objetivo: O objetivo deste trabalho é identificar potencialidades e fragilidades do manejo da obesidade infantil na APS do município de Betim, MG. Métodos: Pesquisa descritiva e qualitativa em que foram realizados três grupos focais em formato de videoconferência. Os participantes receberam um formulário on-linecom pergu…

  • Acesso físico às feiras de orgânicos municipais em favelas de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

    Open AccessLuciana Lins Rocha, Flavia Muradas Bulhões et al.ARTICLEDEMETRA Alimentação Nutrição &…2024

    Introdução: Favelas são regiões que não foram priorizadas pelas políticas públicas, e isso se reflete no ambiente alimentar e, consequentemente, na dificuldade de acesso aos alimentos, sobretudo aqueles produzidos de forma sustentável. Objetivo: Caracterizar o acesso físico às feiras de orgânicos municipais em favelas de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, identificando desertos e pântanos alimentares e realizando uma comparação com a disponibilidade, …

  • Social inequities in food deserts and food swamps in a northeastern Brazilian capital

    Open AccessJennyffer Mayara Lima da Silva, Juliana Souza Oliveira et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2024

    This study identified food deserts and swamps, investigating their associations with socioeconomic and demographic conditions. This ecological study was conducted using data from urban census tracts in the city of Recife, which were considered the unit of analysis. Information on food retail was obtained from government sources in 2019. Census tracts below the 25th percentile in the density of healthy food retail (i.e., those that predominantly s…

  • Evolution of food deserts and food swamps in a Brazilian metropolis between 2008 and 2020

    Open AccessOlivia Souza Honório, Larissa Loures Mendes et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2024

    The aim of the current ecological study is to assess the evolution of food deserts and food swamps in the metropolitan city of Belo Horizonte between 2008 and 2020. Food deserts were determined based on the density of healthy establishments per 10,000 inhabitants, whereas food swamps were set based on the density of ultra-processed food procurement establishments per 10,000 inhabitants. The rate of census tracts classified as food deserts has dec…

  • The association between multiple cardiovascular risk factors and overweight in Brazilian adolescents

    Open AccessThales Philipe Rodrigues Da Silva, Fernanda Penido Matozinhos et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2023

    The aim of the current research is to analyze the coexistence of modifiable risk behaviors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in 12-to-17-year-old adolescents living in Brazil and their influence on overweight. National, cross-sectional, school-based epidemiological study focused on estimating the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome in 12 to 17 year old adolescents enrolled in public and private schools in Brazilian cou…

  • Social inequities in the food retail patterns around schools in Recife, Brazil

    Open AccessSabrina Gomes Ferreira Clark, Larissa Loures Mendes et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2023

    This study aimed to describe the community food environment surrounding schools and its association with territorial socio-environmental vulnerability in the city with the highest intraurban social inequity index in Brazil. Methods: this ecological observational study includes data on the presence and type of food retail in a 400 m buffer surrounding public and private schools in Recife. We have also described the Health Vulnerability Index (HVI)…

  • Local Food Environment and Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods

    Open AccessBrena Barreto Barbosa, Lucca Nielsen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    This study aimed to analyze whether community food environments are associated with individual food consumption among nutrition students and newly graduated nutritionists. This cross-sectional study used data from the Nutritionists' Health Study cohort, which included 357 undergraduate nutrition students from the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Exposure to the food environment was defined as the proximity and availability of food outlets within…

  • Do Brazilian regulatory measures promote sustainable and healthy eating in the school food environment

    Open AccessLuciana Lins Rocha, Nayhanne Gomes Cordeiro et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Brazilian children and adolescents are exposed to a school food environment with regulations that partially fulfill the function of promoting an adequate, healthy, and sustainable diet. In this sense, it is necessary to improve regulatory measures or to encourage states and cities to develop effective legal provisions that are in line with the food guide for the Brazilian population and with the perspective of a healthy school food environment fo…

  • Private school canteens

    Open AccessLuisa Arantes Vilela, Bruna Vieira De Lima Costa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Healthy school canteens showed better financial and economic results compared to traditional canteens with emphasis on greater profitability and a shorter recovery time of the initial investment

  • School environment and obesity in adolescents from a Brazilian metropolis

    Open AccessMaíra Macário De Assis, Lucia Helena Almeida Gratão et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    School food environment aspects such as the number of operational drinking fountains and the availability of ready-to-eat food shops around the school were associated with obesity in adolescents from a Brazilian metropolis

  • Dietary patterns, breakfast consumption, meals with family and associations with common mental disorders in adolescents

    Open AccessLucia Helena Almeida Gratão, Milene Cristine Pessoa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    This study observed that healthy dietary patterns are associated with better mental health in adolescents, thus should be encouraged and promoted

  • Living with parents, lifestyle pattern and common mental disorders in adolescents

    Open AccessLucia Helena Almeida Gratão, Milene Cristine Pessoa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Living with parents can contribute to better mental health among adolescents. In addition, the adoption of a healthy lifestyle, encouraged by parents and the community, can reduce the chances of CMD in Brazilian adolescents

  • Food promoted on an online food delivery platform in a Brazilian metropolis during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic

    Open AccessPaula Martins Horta, Juliana De Paula Matos et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2022

    Objective: To analyse food advertised on an online food delivery (OFD) platform during 16 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Design: Longitudinal study. We randomly selected foods advertised on the OFD app’s home page, classifying the food items into: water; natural juices and smoothies; vegetables; fruits; traditional meals and pasta; ultra-processed beverages; ice cream, candies, and salty packaged snacks; sandwiches; savoury snacks; and…

  • Food environments and the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil

    Open AccessLarissa Loures Mendes, Daniela Silva Canella et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2022

    Evidence of changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in food security and nutrition conditions, as well as in different food environments, has called researchers’ attention to substantial changes taking place in individuals’ dietary habits. The aim of this study is to present and address changes that have already happened in food environments, during the first COVID-19 pandemic year, in a middle-income country. Multiple changes were observed and h…