Aligning programs and policies to support food security and public health goals in the United States

HK Seligman, SA Berkowitz - Annual review of public health, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Food insecurity affects 1 in 8 US households and has clear implications for population
health disparities. We present a person-centered, multilevel framework for understanding …

Understanding stigma and food inequity: a conceptual framework to inform research, intervention, and policy

VA Earnshaw, A Karpyn - Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2020 - academic.oup.com
There is increasing understanding that stigma associated with poverty, race, nationality,
gender, obesity, and other intersecting, socially devalued characteristics is a key social …

SNAP Participants Improved Food Security And Diet After A Full-Service Supermarket Opened In An Urban Food Desert: Study examines impact grocery store …

J Cantor, R Beckman, RL Collins, MG Dastidar… - Health …, 2020 - healthaffairs.org
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest US food and nutrition
assistance program, tasked with improving food security among low-income households …

[HTML][HTML] Healthy food access in low-income high-minority communities: a longitudinal assessment—2009–2017

P Ohri-Vachaspati, RS DeWeese, F Acciai… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Disparities in healthy food access are well documented in cross-sectional studies in
communities across the United States. However, longitudinal studies examining changes in …

Availability, quality and price of produce in low-income neighbourhood food stores in California raise equity issues

W Gosliner, DM Brown, BC Sun… - Public health …, 2018 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo assess produce availability, quality and price in a large sample of food stores in
low-income neighbourhoods in California. DesignCross-sectional statewide survey …

Use of the nutrition environment measures survey: a systematic review

K Glanz, AK Fultz, JF Sallis, M Clawson… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction The Nutrition Environment Measurement Survey (NEMS) measures were
developed to assess the consumer food environment in stores and restaurants. NEMS tools …

[HTML][HTML] Consumer nutrition environment measurements for nutrient-dense food availability and food sustainability: a scoping review

K Baker, L Burd, R Figueroa - Archives of Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Consumer nutrition environments are defined as places in which consumers interact with the
food they eat; these food choices can impact human and planetary health. Assessment …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence that changes in community food environments lead to changes in children's weight: Results from a longitudinal prospective cohort study

P Ohri-Vachaspati, F Acciai, K Lloyd, D Tulloch… - Journal of the Academy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Strategies to improve the community food environment have been
recommended for addressing childhood obesity, but evidence substantiating their …

Food environments within and outside of schools play a critical role in curtailing the rise in obesity among school-aged children over time

P Ohri-Vachaspati, F Acciai, EM Melnick, K Lloyd… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Sound evidence for effective community-based strategies is needed to curtail
upward trends in childhood obesity in the United States (US). Objectives The aim of the …

Patterns of food and physical activity environments related to children's food and activity behaviors: A latent class analysis

RS DeWeese, P Ohri-Vachaspati, MA Adams, J Kurka… - Health & place, 2018 - Elsevier
Relationships between food and physical activity (PA) environments and children's related
behaviors are complex. Latent class analyses derived patterns from proximity to healthy and …