Measures of Perceived Neighborhood Food Environments and Dietary Habits: A Systematic Review of Methods and Associations.

ABSTRACT: Access to healthy food is a necessity for all people. However, there is still a lack of reviews on the assessment of respondent-based measures of neighborhood food environments (perceived food environments). The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the measurement tools for perceived food environments by five dimensions of food access and to obtain the overview of their associations with dietary habits among people aged 18 years and older in middle- and high-income countries. Observational studies using perceived food environment measures were identified through a systematic review based on two databases for original studies published from 2010 to 2020. A total of 19 final studies were extracted from totally 2926 studies. Pertaining to the five dimensions of food access, 12 studie

SUBMITTER: Yamaguchi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9099956 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature