期刊
HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
卷 36, 期 1, 页码 120-131出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daaa035
关键词
diabetes; food environment; diet; photo elicitation
资金
- SMART2D project - European Commission's Horizon 2020 Health Coordination Activities under call 'HCO-05-2014: Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes' [643692]
The rise in diabetes globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries like South Africa, has been linked to changes in diet towards more energy-dense processed foods with added sugar, salt, and fat. This study used participant-generated digital photographs and focus group discussions to explore how physical environments influence food acquisition behaviors and diet choices. The analysis identified accessibility, availability, and affordability as key factors impacting food environments.
Diabetes, a serious disease resulting in significant morbidity and early mortality, is currently on the rise globally. A major contributor to this observed increase in low- and middle-income countries, such as South Africa, has been the observed change in diet at the population level-a shift from a traditional diet, to one consisting of more energy-dense, processed foods, with more added sugar, salt and fat. Implicated in this degradation of diet are changing local food environments. Participant-generated digital photographs and facilitated focus group discussion-style workshops were utilized to better understand diabetic community members' perspectives on their food environments in both an urban and rural setting in South Africa, and what (and how) aspects of these physical environments influence their food acquisition behaviours and diet. Qualitative data were analysed using a deductive thematic analysis approach. The resulting predominant themes of accessibility, availability and affordability are outlined and discussed. Findings from this study have implications beyond the self-management of diabetes and extend to the self-management and reduction of all diet-related non-communicable diseases.
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