FEED Cities project: The food environment description in cities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia – Turkmenistan. Technical report

• Type: Technical Report
• Date: 2019

Authors

Padrão, Patrícia (Author) FCNAUP; Albuquerque, G. (Author) Other; Gelormini, M. (Author) Other; Jewell, J. (Author) Other; Lunet, N. (Author) Other

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Health sciences

FOS: Medical and Health sciences

Associated Projects

FEEDcities - Food Environment Description in cities from Central Asia and Eastern European countries (FEEDcities – Central Asia and Eastern European countries)

Other information

Abstract (EN): This technical report presents results from the FEEDcities Project – eastern Europe and central Asia. This cross-sectional survey was conducted in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in October 2016 to evaluate the local urban food environment. It characterized the vending sites, the food offered and the nutritional composition of the industrial and homemade street foods available in these settings. It also described the nutritional composition of ready-to-eat foods sold in supermarkets and at vending sites in food courts. The policy implications of the findings are outlined.

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific