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Issues in measuring the healthiness of food environments and interpreting relationships with diet, obesity and related health outcomes
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posted on 2019-06-01, 00:00 authored by Gary SacksGary Sacks, Ella Robinson, Adrian CameronAdrian CameronPURPOSE OF REVIEW: There is a broad consensus that policies to create healthier food environments are needed to address obesity. However, previous reviews of the relationships between the healthiness of food environments and diet/obesity-related outcomes have typically reported either mixed associations or none at all. This paper aimed to synthesise measurement and interpretation issues in this field, based on findings from previous reviews. RECENT FINDINGS: Key issues, drawn from 14 previous reviews in the last decade, included: (1) the use of measures of the food environments that are too narrow in scope; (2) inadequate measures of the way in which people are exposed to, and interact with, food environments; and (3) large heterogeneity in tools and methods used. To evaluate the impact of food environments on diet and health, composite measures of the healthiness of food environments, informed by actual usage patterns, need to be developed and consistently applied.
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Current obesity reportsVolume
8Issue
2Pagination
98 - 111Publisher
SpringerLocation
New York, N.Y.Publisher DOI
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2162-4968Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer NatureUsage metrics
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