Feedcities Project the Food Environment Description in Cities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia - Republic of Moldova
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FEEDcities project The food environment description in cities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia - Republic of Moldova Technical report October 2017 I FEEDcities project The food environment description in cities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia - Republic of Moldova Technical report Republic of Moldova October 2017 Abstract This technical report contains the results from the FEEDcities Project – Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a cross-sectional survey of the local urban food environment conducted in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova between June and August 2016. It characterizes the vending sites, the food offered and the nutritional composition of both industrial and homemade street foods. It also describes the nutritional composition of foods sold in supermarkets and fast-food outlets. The study was conducted within a bilateral partnership between the World Health Organization and the Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto, in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences and the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (WHO registration 2015/591370 and 2017/698514). The study was funded through a voluntary contribution of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Keywords STREET FOOD, READY-TO-EAT FOOD NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION TRANS FATTY ACIDS, SODIUM POTASSIUM, FOOD ANALYSIS REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA Address requests for publications of the WHO Regional Office for Europe to: Publications WHO Regional Office for Europe UN City, Marmorvej 51 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Alternatively, complete an online request form for documentation, health information or permission to quote or translate on the Regional Office web site (http://www.euro.who.int/pubrequest). © World Health Organization 2018 All rights reserved. The Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization welcomes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications, in part or in full. 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Contents Abstract .......................................................................................................................................................iv Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................vi Abbreviations and acronyms .....................................................................................................................vii Executive summary ....................................................................................................................................vii 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Street food in Chișinău .......................................................................................................................... 1 Objectives ................................................................................................................................................... 2 2. Methods .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Food from street vendors .................................................................................................................... 2 Food from supermarkets ..................................................................................................................... 5 Food from fast-food outlets .................................................................................................................. 7 Processing of food samples for analysis ............................................................................................... 7 Statistical analysis .................................................................................................................................. 7 3. Results ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 Street food vending sites ...................................................................................................................... 8 Nutritional composition of food collected ......................................................................................... 12 4. Conclusions and policy implications ................................................................................................... 15 5. References .......................................................................................................................................... 17 Annex 1. ................................................................................................................................................... 19 Annex 2. ................................................................................................................................................... 20 Annex 3. ................................................................................................................................................... 22 Tables Table 1. Framework for random sampling of food from street food vending sites ................................... 4 Table 2. List of supermarkets in the study area.......................................................................................... 5 Table 3. List of fast-food outlets in the study area ..................................................................................... 8 Table 4. Types of stationary vending site ................................................................................................... 9 Table 5. Foods offered at street food vending sites, by type of vendor .................................................... 9 Table 6. Characteristics of a subsample of the most common homemade foods offered at 79 stationary vending sites ....................................................................................................................... 10 Table 7. Type of beverages offered at street food vending sites in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova by type of vendor ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Table 8. trans-fatty acid, sodium and potassium contents of food samples in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova ................................................................................................................................. 13 Figures Fig. 1. Map of food vending sites in Centru district, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova ................................ 3 V Acknowledgements This report was written by Patricia Padrão (University of Porto, Portugal), Gabriela Albuquerque (University of Porto, Portugal), Marcello Gelormini (WHO consultant), Jo Jewell (WHO Regional Office for Europe) and Nuno Lunet (University of Porto, Portugal). Further contributions were made by João Breda (WHO Regional Office for Europe), Susana Casal (University of Porto, Portugal), Albertino Damasceno (Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique), Andreia Lemos (University of Porto, Portugal), Eulália Mendes (University of Porto, Portugal), Inês Morais (WHO consultant), Pedro Moreira (University of Porto, Portugal), Olívia Pinho (University of Porto, Portugal), Daniela Rodrigues (University of Porto, Portugal), Raquel Teixeira (University of Porto, Portugal), Angela Ciobanu (WHO Country Office, Republic of Moldova) and Galina Obreja (WHO Country Office, Republic of Moldova). Preparation of the report was coordinated by the University of Porto in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the WHO Country Office in the Republic of Moldova through a biennial collaborative agreement covering 2016– 2017 between the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova and the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Funding was also made available through the WHO Europe Project on Noncommunicable Diseases, which is generously funded by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The FEEDcities project in the Republic of Moldova was under the overall guidance of Haris Hajrulahovic,