ReviewCurrent obesity reports2019
Issues in Measuring the Healthiness of Food Environments and Interpreting Relationships with Diet, Obesity and Related Health Outcomes.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Association between Community Food Environments and Health Outcomes in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Literature Review.Current nutrition reports · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of the implementation of healthy food retail interventions in settings with multiple food retail outlets (complex food retail settings).Journal of nutritional science · 2024Pooled it
- Evidence Gaps in Assessments of the Healthiness of Online Supermarkets Highlight the Need for New Monitoring Tools: a Systematic Review.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on Socioeconomic Differences in the Association between the Food Environment and Dietary Behaviors.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Food-environment policies for child nutrition in Ecuador and Latin America: beyond front-of-package labels and advertising restrictions.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Review
- Prioritising Indicators for Large-scale Monitoring and Assessment of Food Environments for Public Health.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
- Defining household exposure to the food environment: A comparison of measures based on residential area and activity space.PloS one · 2025Article
- Using spatial analysis to examine inequalities and temporal trends in food retail accessibility.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- What counts? Adding nuance to retail food environment measurement tools in a Canadian context.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Impacts of commute mode on body mass index: A longitudinal analysis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of transport & health · 2023Article
- Who uses what food retailers? A cluster analysis of food retail usage in the Netherlands.Health & place · 2023Article
- Concepts, Characterizations, and Cautions: A Public Health Guide and Glossary for Planning Food Environment Measurement.The open public health journal · 2023Article
- Consumption Frequency and Purchase Locations of Foods Prepared Outside the Home in Australia: 2018 International Food Policy Study.The Journal of nutrition · 2022Article
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- Development of the University Food Environment Assessment (Uni-Food) Tool and Process to Benchmark the Healthiness, Equity, and Environmental Sustainability of University Food Environments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Contributions of Food Environments to Dietary Quality and Cardiovascular Disease Risk.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2021Review
- Examining the consumer restaurant environment and dietary intake in children.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Junk Food on Demand: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Nutritional Quality of Popular Online Food Delivery Outlets in Australia and New Zealand.Nutrients · 2020Observational
- The use and misuse of ratio and proportion exposure measures in food environment research.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThere is a broad consensus that policies to create healthier food environments are needed to address obesity. However, previous reviews of the relationships between the healthiness of food environments and diet/obesity-related outcomes have typically reported either mixed associations or none at all. This paper aimed to synthesise measurement and interpretation issues in this field, based on findings from previous reviews. RECENT
findingsKey issues, drawn from 14 previous reviews in the last decade, included: (1) the use of measures of the food environments that are too narrow in scope; (2) inadequate measures of the way in which people are exposed to, and interact with, food environments; and (3) large heterogeneity in tools and methods used. To evaluate the impact of food environments on diet and health, composite measures of the healthiness of food environments, informed by actual usage patterns, need to be developed and consistently applied.
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