Ecological study of the association between socioeconomic inequality and food deserts and swamps around schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.BACKGROUND
 An ecological study was carried out in all 3,159 public and private schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
Ecological study
Ecological study of the association between socioeconomic inequality and food deserts and swamps around schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.BACKGROUND
 An ecological study was carried out in all 3,159 public and private schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  Spatial socioeconomic disparities at the neighborhoods of schools were associated with food deserts and food swamps in Rio de Janeiro.



Rio de Janeiro
Ecological study of the association between socioeconomic inequality and food deserts and swamps around schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.BACKGROUND
 An ecological study was carried out in all 3,159 public and private schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  Our results point to a spatial socioeconomic inequality of establishments that sell food around schools in a Brazilian metropolis, indicating that the areas of greatest deprivation of food services are also the areas with the worst socioeconomic characteristics.
Brazil
An ecological study was carried out in all 3,159 public and private schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
public and private schools
Three measures of socioeconomic inequality were evaluated: per capita income, segregation index and deprivation index. 
per capita income
Three measures of socioeconomic inequality were evaluated: per capita income, segregation index and deprivation index. 
segregation index
Three measures of socioeconomic inequality were evaluated: per capita income, segregation index and deprivation index. 
deprivation index