City-Level Travel Time and Individual Dietary Consumption in Latin American Cities

Results from the Salurbal Study

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ID15468006
AutoresJoanna M N Guimarães (0000-0002-6283-1008, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Binod Acharya (0000-0003-2153-1655, Drexel University), Kari Moore (0000-0001-8771-2593, Drexel University), Nancy López-Olmedo (0000-0002-7528-0954, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública), Mariana Carvalho De Menezes (0000-0002-3069-7959, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto), Dalia Stern (0000-0003-3779-6543, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública), Amélia Augusta De Lima Friche (0000-0002-2463-0539, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Xize Wang (0000-0002-4861-6002, National University of Singapore), Xavier Delclòs-Alió (0000-0002-7206-2310, Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Daniel A Rodríguez (0000-0001-6550-5518, California Department of Transportation), Olga L Sarmiento (0000-0002-9190-3568, Universidad de los Andes), Letícia De Oliveira Cardoso (0000-0003-1312-1808, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume19
Fascículo20
Páginas13443-13443
Data de publicação2022-10-18
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph192013443
PMID36294020
OpenAlexW4306743084
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas31

There is limited empirical evidence on how travel time affects dietary patterns, and even less in Latin American cities (LACs). Using data from 181 LACs, we investigated whether longer travel times at the city level are associated with lower consumption of vegetables and higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and if this association differs by city size. Travel time was measured as the average city-level travel time during peak hours and city-level travel delay time was measured as the average increase in travel time due to congestion on the street network during peak hours. Vegetables and sugar-sweetened beverages consumption were classified according to the frequency of consumption in days/week (5-7: "frequent", 2-4: "medium", and ≤1: "rare"). We estimate multilevel ordinal logistic regression modeling for pooled samples and stratified by city size. Higher travel time (Odds Ratio (OR) = 0.65; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.49-0.87) and delay time (OR = 0.57; CI 0.34-0.97) were associated with lower odds of frequent vegetable consumption. For a rare SSB consumption, we observed an inverse association with the delay time (OR = 0.65; CI 0.44-0.97). Analysis stratified by city size show that these associations were significant only in larger cities. Our results suggest that travel time and travel delay can be potential urban determinants of food consumption

Consumption (sociology · Environmental health · Geography · Latin Americans · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Demography · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Urban Transport and Accessibility