@article{fdi:010079344,
  title = {{U}rban food environments in {A}frica : implications for policy and research},
  author = {{H}oldsworth, {M}ichelle and {L}andais, {E}dwige},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}frica is currently experiencing rapid urbanisation impacting on people's food environments and dietary habits. {S}uch changes are associated with higher prevalence of obesity coexisting with undernutrition. {T}he present paper provides an overview of the healthiness of {A}frican urban food environments. {W}e discuss the ways that food environments can be characterised and summarise the methods that can be used to investigate and intervene in the food environment. {D}ata for {A}frica over a 50-year period (1961-2013) suggest an increasing availability of energy, animal products, fruit and vegetables, vegetable oils, sugar and sweeteners but a decrease in animal fats. {T}here is a lack of evidence about how social, physical and macro-environments drive dietary habits in urban {A}frica, as most research has focused on the individual level. {E}xamining how food consumption is embedded in everyday life, by investigating social environments is crucial to developing effective interventions. {T}he informal food sector plays an important role in the retail food environment. {M}acro-level food price changes are an important factor influencing nutritional quality of {A}frican diets. {T}he rapid expansion of food/beverages advertising in {A}frica threatens traditional food habits. {L}iberalisation of food trade is already impacting on the nutritional quality of food available. {I}mproving {A}frican food environments represents a pressing public health concern and has the potential to prevent all forms of malnutrition. {H}ence, by conducting research into the role of urban social, physical and macro-environments, emerging interventions and policies are likely to positively impact on nutritional status, thereby enhancing social and economic development.},
  keywords = {{A}frica ; {F}ood environments ; {S}ocial ; {U}rban ; {C}ities ; {R}esearch ; {P}olicy ; {I}nterventions ; {AFRIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}roceedings of the {N}utrition {S}ociety},
  volume = {78},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {513--525},
  ISSN = {0029-6651},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1017/s0029665118002938},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079344},
}