Expanding the food environment framework to include family dynamics: A systematic synthesis of qualitative evidence using HIV as a case study.

Ramya Ambikapathi, Morgan Boncyk, Nilupa S Gunaratna, Wafaie Fawzi, Germana Leyna, Suneetha Kadiyala, Crystal L Patil

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Adapting Global Dietary Recommendation Indices to Assess Retail Food Environment Quality: Spatial Insights from Rural and Urban Kenya.Current developments in nutrition · 2026
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Ramya AmbikapathiDepartment of Global Development, Cornell University, USA.

Morgan BoncykDepartment of Public Health, Purdue University, USA.

Nilupa S GunaratnaDepartment of Public Health, Purdue University, USA.

Wafaie FawziDepartment of Global Health, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, USA.

Germana LeynaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciencesr, Tanzania.

Suneetha KadiyalaDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Crystal L PatilDepartment of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

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Abstract

Food environment changes in low- and middle-income countries are increasing diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This paper synthesizes the qualitative evidence about how family dynamics shape food choices within the context of HIV (Prospero: CRD42021226283). Guided by structuration theory and food environment framework, we used best-fit framework analysis to develop the Family Dynamics Food Environment Framework (FDF) comprising three interacting dimensions (resources, characteristics, and action orientation). Findings show how the three food environment domains (personal, family, external) interact to affect food choices within families affected by HIV. Given the growing prevalence of noncommunicable and chronic diseases, the FDF can be applied beyond the context of HIV to guide effective and optimal nutritional policies for the whole family.

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Drivers of food choiceFamily dynamicsFamily food environmentHIVLow- and middle-income countriesQualitative evidence synthesis

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PMID39309213

DOI10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100788

PMCPMC11413529

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