An Emergent Framework of the Market Food Environment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food systems are increasingly recognized as critical for advancing nutrition, and the food environment is viewed as the nexus between those systems and dietary consumption. Developing a measurement framework of the market food environment is a research priority, particularly for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which face rapid shifts in markets, dietary patterns, and nutrition outcomes.

Objectives

In this study, we sought to assess current conceptions and measures of the market food environment that could be adapted for use in LMICs.

Methods

We conducted a narrative review of the literature to identify measures of the market food environment in recent use. First, we identified and reviewed frameworks of the food environment for LMICs with a specif

SUBMITTER: Toure D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8075774 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature