Spatial availability of fish stores in areas of different socioeconomic levels of a coast city/Disponibilidade espacial de peixarias em areas de diferentes niveis socioeconomicos de uma cidade litoranea

• Published in: Demetra: Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde Nutrição e Saúde, 2017-03, Vol.12 (1), p.219
• Main Authors: Correa, Elizabeth Nappi, de Abreu, Angelo Horta, Rossi, Camila Elizandra, Gabriel, Cristine Garcia, Neves, Janaina das, de Pinho, Maria Gabriela Matias, de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos, Francisco
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 2238-913X; 2238-913X
• DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2017.26467

Introduction: Fresh food intake has been stimulated through several public policies. Over the last decades, research has been conducted on the spatial availability of stores that sell this type of food and their relationship with the population's food consumption quality. Objective: This study has identified the distribution of stationary and itinerant fish commerce in Florianopolis, a city located in Southern Brazil. Also, we seek to associate the density (ratio of number of fish stores by inhabitants) in areas of different income levels. Methodology: Data were collected through secondary data in the records of the Municipal Sanitary Surveillance and in digital and printed telephone directories. For data spatialization, we used the Google Earth software[R], which has shown the location of fish stores in 30 geographical areas. Results and discussion: The spatial distribution of fish marketing stores in Florianopolis does not address all the geographic areas, but the "Fish Truck," characterized by itinerant marketing of fish, serves most of them. Although there was no statistical difference, the absolute and relative numbers (per inhabitant) of the stationary fish trade were higher, the higher the income of the geographical area. Conclusion: Future studies should be conducted to relate the environmental distribution of fish stores to the purchase and consumption of fish in Florianopolis. Keywords: Products Commerce. Food Consumption. Fishes. Food Environment. Geographic Mapping. Introducao: O consumo de alimentos in natura tem sido estimulado por diversas politicas publicas. Investigacoes sobre disponibilidade geografica de locais que comercializam esses alimentos e sua relacao com a qualidade da alimentacao da populacao tem sido enfatizadas desde o inicio do seculo XXI. Objetivo: Identificar a distribuicao espacial das peixarias fixas e itinerantes no municipio de Florianopolis, de acordo com a densidade de estabelecimentos por habitantes, em areas geograficas de diferentes niveis de renda domiciliar. Metodologia: As informacoes foram obtidas por meio de dados secundarios provenientes do setor de Vigilancia Sanitaria Municipal e de listas telefonicas digitais e impressas. Para a localizacao geografica dos estabelecimentos nas 30 areas de ponderacao do municipio, foi utilizado o software Google Earth[R]. Resultados e discussao: A distribuicao espacial das peixarias fixas nao contempla 14 (47%) das areas geograficas de Florianopolis, sendo 9 (64%) atendidas