Description
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The aim of this study was to characterise the local foods and beverages sold and advertised in a deprived urban neighbourhood in Nairobi, Kenya.
In 2017, a cross-sectional observational study design was used to audit all food outlets (outlet type and food type sold) and food advertisements.
Data available on: types of foods and beverages sold and/or advertised in food outlets. A total of 499 food outlets or adverts were identified and assessed in Nairobi.
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Keyword
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sugar sweetened beverages, Kenya, food advertising, food sold, food outlets, food availability, alcohol, Africa |
Related Publication
| Green M, Pradeilles R, Laar A, Osei-Kwasi H, Bricas N, Coleman N, Klomegah S, Njeri M, Tandoh A, Akparibo R, Griffiths P, Kimani E, Mensah K, Muthari S, Zotor F, Holdsworth, M. Investigating foods and beverages sold and advertised in deprived urban neighbourhoods in Ghana and Kenya: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open.
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035680 |
Notes
| This dataset was collected as part of the Dietary Transitions in African Cities (TACLED) project led by Michelle Holdsworth (IRD), with collaborators from the University of Ghana and African Health and Population Centre, Kenya; and the Universities of Sheffield, Liverpool, Loughborough in the UK.
The TACLED project was supported by a Global Challenges Research Fund Foundation Award from the UK MRC [grant number MR/P025153/1], and supported by AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC and NERC. The funders played no role in the design of the study, data collection, data analysis, interpretation of the data or writing of the publication.
Data type: Survey data; Observational data |