Rapid tool based on a food environment typology framework for evaluating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food system resilience.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and associated mitigation measures are highlighting resiliency and vulnerability of food systems with consequences for diets, food security, and health outcomes. Frameworks and tools are called for to evaluate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as identify entry points for implementing preparedness efforts. We support it is critical to adopt a food environment typology framework based on the different types of food environments that people have access to in order to examine how their relationship with food environments shift with disruptions such as COVID-19 and, ultimately impact diets and food security. Here, we provide an overview of applying a food environment typology framework for developing and implementing a rapid tool to evaluate the e

SUBMITTER: Ahmed S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7363685 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature