Creating Healthy Food and Eating Environments: Policy and Environmental Approaches Export

@article{citeulike:5303506, abstract = {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.}, author = {Story, Mary and Kaphingst, Karen M. and O'Brien, Ramona R. and Glanz, Karen}, citeulike-article-id = {5303506}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090926}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090926}, doi = {10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090926}, journal = {Annual Review of Public Health}, keywords = {food-environment, obesity}, number = {1}, pages = {253--272}, posted-at = {2009-07-30 15:16:07}, priority = {5}, title = {Creating Healthy Food and Eating Environments: Policy and Environmental Approaches}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090926}, volume = {29}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5303506 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5303506 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. IS - 1 JF - Annual Review of Public Health EP - 272 TI - Creating Healthy Food and Eating Environments: Policy and Environmental Approaches VL - 29 SP - 253 KW - food-environment KW - obesity AU - Story, Mary AU - Kaphingst, Karen AU - O'Brien, Ramona AU - Glanz, Karen PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090926 ER -