Strengthening of accountability systems to create healthy food environments and reduce global obesity

B Swinburn, V Kraak, H Rutter, S Vandevijvere… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
… improve the healthiness of food environments. Substantial debate … to regulate for healthier
food environments, quasiregulatory … in creating demand for healthy food environments and in …

Government regulation to promote healthy food environments–a view from inside state governments

J Shill, H Mavoa, S Allender, M Lawrence… - Obesity …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
environments. This study sought to identify regulatory interventions targeting the food
environment, … for regulatory interventions for healthier food environments and (ii) support for pre-…

Neighborhood food environment and walkability predict obesity in New York City

A Rundle, KM Neckerman, L Freeman… - … health perspectives, 2009 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
… types of food outlets are … the food environment to BMI and obesity in New York City. Addressing
the concerns noted above, the analysis controls for neighborhood and built environment

Comparing perception-based and geographic information system (GIS)-based characterizations of the local food environment

LV Moore, AV Diez Roux, S Brines - Journal of Urban Health, 2008 - Springer
… of healthy foods, our results indicate that characterizations of the local food environment
GIS-based characterizations of the local food environment. These results also suggest that …

[HTML][HTML] Interventions in small food stores to change the food environment, improve diet, and reduce risk of chronic disease

J Gittelsohn, M Rowan, P Gadhoke - Preventing chronic disease, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… and other countries to improve the food environment and dietary behaviors associated with
… for increased availability of healthy foods, improved sales of healthy foods, and improved …

Understanding the food environment in a low-income urban setting: implications for food store interventions

J Gittelsohn, MCT Franceschini… - Journal of Hunger & …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
… Neighborhood food stores have the potential to provide healthy food choices, reinforce … of
the food sources available to them? What are their perceptions of the food environment and its …

Food environment and fruit and vegetable intake in a urban population: a multilevel analysis

MC Pessoa, LL Mendes, CS Gomes, PA Martins… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
… were used to characterize the food environment. The density of … The food environment might
explain some of the socioeconomic disparities with respect to healthy food intake and health

Does opening a supermarket in a food desert change the food environment?

M Ghosh-Dastidar, G Hunter, RL Collins, SN Zenk… - Health & place, 2017 - Elsevier
… In Table 2, we present an analysis of change in the total food environment (the full sample
… , 2.7 healthy alternatives, 5.3 unhealthy alternatives and 7.3 junk foods were available in Hill …

Measures of the food environment: a compilation of the literature, 1990–2007

RA McKinnon, J Reedy, MA Morrissette, LA Lytle… - American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
… compilation of measures of the food environment has been completed and that such a … food
environment used in research and serves as the basis of the discussion of food environment

Evidence-informed process to identify policies that will promote a healthy food environment in the Pacific Islands

W Snowdon, M Lawrence, J Schultz, P Vivili… - Public Health …, 2010 - cambridge.org
… contributing to an unhealthy food environment. Potential solutions to … Data were gathered on
the food and policy environment to … Conclusions: Policy environments in these two countries …