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Open Access 01-12-2024 | Nutrition | Systematic Review

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

Authors: Katherine Baker, Laura Burd, Roger Figueroa

Published in: Archives of Public Health | Issue 1/2024

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Abstract

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 measures for consumer nutrition environments are numerous, and vary widely on what, and how, they assess the food environment. The objective of this scoping review was to synthesize existing evidence on nutrition environment measurements and their capacity to assess nutrient-dense food access and food sustainability capacity. Eligibility criteria were developed to capture relevant peer-reviewed literature about auditing measures designed to assess nutrient-dense foods and food sustainability capacity in the consumer nutrition environment. A search strategy was conducted to collect articles published between January 1, 2002-June 4, 2022, using PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, PsycINFO and the Cochrane library electronic databases. After screening 2457 manuscripts, 58 met inclusion criteria. Study aims, funding source(s), types of retailers assessed, assessment format and name, constructs measured, food categories measured, assessment of validity and/or reliability, and other relevant data were extracted from each manuscript. Results showed that most measures use checklists, surveys, questionnaires or similar methods to assess availability, quality, and price of select food items as assessment constructs. Most do not assess nutrient-dense food availability, and even fewer assess food sustainability. Development of comprehensive, reliable, and valid consumer nutrition environment measures that assess nutrient-dense food availability and food sustainability is important for research, planning, evaluation and advocacy aimed at improving consumer food environments for human and planetary health.
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Metadata
Title
Consumer nutrition environment measurements for nutrient-dense food availability and food sustainability: a scoping review
Authors
Katherine Baker
Laura Burd
Roger Figueroa
Publication date
01-12-2024
Publisher
BioMed Central
Keyword
Nutrition
Published in
Archives of Public Health / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 2049-3258
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-023-01231-y

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