Nutritional Characterization of Street Food in Urban Turkmenistan, Central Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22076547 |
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| Authors | Gabriela Albuquerque (0000-0002-0212-6868, corresponding author), Sofia Sousa (0000-0002-3504-5394, Universidade do Porto), Inês Lança de Morais (0000-0003-2365-4931, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe), Marcello Gelormini (0000-0002-5944-7208, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe), Carla Motta (0000-0002-8382-312X, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Gerard Bryan Gonzales (0000-0001-6614-3520, Wageningen University & Research), Azat Ovezov, Albertino Damasceno (0000-0003-0925-494X, Eduardo Mondlane University), Pedro Moreira (0000-0002-7035-7799, Universidade do Porto), Jef Breda (0000-0002-8177-4926), Joäo Breda, Nuno Lunet (0000-0003-1870-1430, Universidade do Porto), Patrícia Padrão (0000-0001-6310-4956, Universidade do Porto) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Pages | 877906-877906 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2022.877906 |
| PMID | 35677765 |
| OpenAlex | W4281293538 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
Objective Describing the availability and nutritional composition of the most commonly available street foods in Ashgabat , Turkmenistan. Methods One hundred sixty-one street food vending sites (six public markets) were assessed, through a collection of data on vending sites' characteristics and food availability, and samples of commonly available foods (21 homemade; 11 industrial), for chemical analysis. Results Fruit, beverages, and food other than fruit were available in 6.8, 29.2, and 91.9% of all vending sites, respectively. Regarding the latter, 52.7% of the vending sites sold only homemade products (main dishes, snacks, cakes, biscuits and pastries, bread, ice-cream chocolate and confectionery, savory pastries and sandwiches), 37.2% only industrial (ice-cream, chocolate and confectionery, cakes, biscuits and pastries, snacks, bread and savory pastries) and 10.1% both. Homemade foods presented significantly higher total fat [homemade 11.6 g (range 6.6–19.4 g); industrial 6.2 g (range 4.0–8.6 g), p = 0.001], monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and trans-fat, and sodium and potassium content per serving. Industrial wafers presented the highest mean saturated (11.8 g/serving) and trans-fat (2.32 g/serving) content. Homemade hamburgers presented the highest mean sodium content (1889 mg/serving). Conclusions Strategies to encourage the production and sales of healthier street foods, especially homemade, are needed to promote healthier urban food environments in urban Turkmenistan
Business · Ice cream · Saturated fat · Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques · Chemistry · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Sodium Intake and Health · Food Science
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