Food environment research is increasingly gaining prominence in low-and middle-income
countries (LMICs). However, in the absence of a systematic review of the literature, little is …

Background Many studies have examined the relationship between the food environment
and health-related outcomes, but fewer consider the integrity of measures used to assess …

Objective: Food environments may be contributing to the rapid increase in obesity occurring
in most Latin American (LA) countries. The present study reviews literature from LA that (i) …

Differential access to healthy foods has been hypothesized to contribute to health
disparities, but evidence from low and middle-income countries is still scarce. This study …

ObjectiveTo examine the relationship between the local retail food environment and
consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV) and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) in São …

Since the mid-1990s, the concept of the 'urban food desert'has been extensively applied to
deprived neighbourhoods in European and North American cities. Food deserts are usually …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess inter-rater reliability, test-retest reliability, and construct
validity of retail food store, open-air food market, and restaurant observation tools adapted to …

Denne rapporten beskriver hva begrepet «matomgivelser» innebærer samt muligheter for
og forslag til kartlegging og overvåkning av matomgivelser i Norge. Rapporten avgrenses til …

Food deserts in Chile present a singularity in the context of the Global South. Unlike other
countries where food security is mainly achieved through informal trade, in Chile, weekly …

Insufficient intake of total fruits and vegetables is linked to an increased cancer risk, but the
relation is not understood for dried fruits. Dried fruits are generally perceived, by both …