ReviewGlobal food security2021
The association of dimensions of fruit and vegetable access in the retail food environment with consumption; a systematic review.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Life Modifications and PCOS: Old Story But New Tales.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Identifying co-occurring neighbourhood environmental patterns and their association with health behaviours in a Dutch urban population at high cardiometabolic risk.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Lessons from Smart Cart 2.0: Considerations for Integrating Purchasing Data into Healthy Eating Interventions with AI Approaches.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Is the level of implementation linked with intervention outcomes? The process evaluation of the Veggie Van intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in underserved communities.Research square · 2026Article
- Quantifying the availability of hyper-palatable foods in US food stores and household purchasing behaviour.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- Cluster-randomized controlled trial of a mobile produce market designed to address diet and food insecurity in underserved communities.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the Feasibility and Construct Validity of a Novel Method to Measure Household Fruit and Vegetable Procurement in Low-Income Community Settings.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2026Article
- A 2-Group Path Analysis of a Food Environment Conceptual Model by Food Security Status: Home Food Environment Variables Were Associated With Healthy Eating Index 2015 Component Scores for Total Vegetables Among Those With Food Security.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2026Article
- From gene to plate in Indonesia: a food system framework for the triple burden of malnutrition.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Food environments provide availability and physical access to vegetables in urban Benin and Mali.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mobile Produce Market designed to Address Diet and Food Insecurity in Underserved Communities.Research square · 2025Article
- The UK Food Environment: A Systematic Review of Domains, Methodologies, and Outcomes.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Review
- Causal loop diagramming the dynamics that shape food environments in Dutch supermarkets.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Community Engaged Research Strategies Used in Food Retail Interventions: A Scoping Review.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2025Article
- The Association Between an Individual's Local Food Environment and Diet Quality among Postpartum Women Living in Rural Bangladesh.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Optimizing access to fruits and vegetables in rural communities: A decision-making model for the placement of produce markets.PloS one · 2025Article
- A comparative study of fruit and vegetable consumption and its association with metabolic risk factors for non communicable diseases among rural and urban males in Zimbabwe.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Measuring associations between the food environment and dietary habits: comparing the proportion and density of food outlets.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Using spatial analysis to examine inequalities and temporal trends in food retail accessibility.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
The consumption of fruit and vegetables (F&V) is important for human health to protect against non-communicable disease and micronutrient deficiency. Increasing consumption of F&V may also benefit planetary health if these foods are substituted for foods with higher environmental footprints such as red meat or dairy. The retail food environment (RFE) is an influential junction between the food system and individual diets as it drives access to F&V through external (physical access) and personal (availability, affordability, acceptability) domains. We performed a systematic search of six literature databases (January 2021) for studies assessing access to F&V in the RFE and its association with F&V consumption in adults in high- and upper-middle income countries. 36 studies were identified and categorised by dimensions of food access - accessibility, affordability, acceptability, availability and accommodation. More than half of the studies (n = 20) were based in the USA. F&V accessibility was the most commonly reported dimension (n = 29); no study reported on accommodation. 6 studies were rated to be high quality. A positive association of increased availability of F&V options in the RFE with intake was identified in 9 of 15 studies. Associations in both acceptability and accessibility dimensions were inconsistent. No association was observed between F&V affordability and consumption although available data were limited. Many challenges exist to building a robust evidence base within food environment research including conceptual, definitional and methodological heterogeneity and measurement standardisation. Future food policies should consider multi-dimensional interventions to promote access to F&V in the RFE across all domains.
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