Publications by authors named "Irene Farah"
Article Synopsis
- Urban warming affects the health of city residents, particularly in the Global South, and its causes are not well understood.
- A study of 359 Latin American cities from 2001 to 2022 found that better economic conditions correlated with less urban greenness in 2011, leading to increased warming.
- Recent efforts to increase urban greenery partially mitigated this warming effect, especially in arid cities, highlighting the complex relationship between economic conditions, green space, and urban heat.
Background: The retail food environment in Mexico is characterized by the co-existence of both, formal and informal food outlets. Yet, the contribution of these outlets to food purchases over time has not been documented. Understanding the longitudinal trends where Mexican households purchase their foods is critical for the development of future food retail policies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To examine food and beverage purchasing patterns across formal and informal outlets among Mexican households' and explore differences by urbanicity and income.
Design: Cross-sectional study of a nationally representative sample of households. We calculated the proportion of total food and beverage expenditure in each household by food outlet type overall and by urbanicity and income.