TY - JOUR
T1 - Creating healthy food and eating environments
T2 - Policy and environmental approaches
AU - Story, Mary T
AU - Kaphingst, Karen M.
AU - Robinson-O'Brien, Ramona
AU - Glanz, Karen
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Food and eating environments likely contribute to the increasing epidemic of obesity and chronic diseases, over and above individual factors such as knowledge, skills, and motivation. Environmental and policy interventions may be among the most effective strategies for creating population-wide improvements in eating. This review describes an ecological framework for conceptualizing the many food environments and conditions that influence food choices, with an emphasis on current knowledge regarding the home, child care, school, work site, retail store, and restaurant settings. Important issues of disparities in food access for low-income and minority groups and macrolevel issues are also reviewed. The status of measurement and evaluation of nutrition environments and the need for action to improve health are highlighted.
AB - Food and eating environments likely contribute to the increasing epidemic of obesity and chronic diseases, over and above individual factors such as knowledge, skills, and motivation. Environmental and policy interventions may be among the most effective strategies for creating population-wide improvements in eating. This review describes an ecological framework for conceptualizing the many food environments and conditions that influence food choices, with an emphasis on current knowledge regarding the home, child care, school, work site, retail store, and restaurant settings. Important issues of disparities in food access for low-income and minority groups and macrolevel issues are also reviewed. The status of measurement and evaluation of nutrition environments and the need for action to improve health are highlighted.
KW - Ecological framework
KW - Environmental and policy change
KW - Healthy eating environments
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090926
DO - 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090926
M3 - Article
C2 - 18031223
AN - SCOPUS:42649117441
SN - 0163-7525
VL - 29
SP - 253
EP - 272
JO - Annual Review of Public Health
JF - Annual Review of Public Health
ER -