This article provides a framework to study the food environment as a population determinant of diet. We define and conceptualize the food environment, we describe ways to measure it and to intervene upon it, and we synthesize evidence on the effects of the food environment on diet and diet-related health outcomes.
Keywords
Built environment; Community; Diet; Dietary behaviors; Food access; Food dessert; Food environment; Food store; Neighborhood; Nutrition; Obesity; Perceptions