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• Title: Measuring the Food Service Environment: Development and Implementation of Assessment Tools (Quantitative Research) (Report)
• Author : Canadian Journal of Public Health
• Release Date : January 01, 2009
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 290 KB

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The obesity epidemic is influenced by social, cultural, economic and physical contexts. (1-4) The accessibility, availability and affordability of foods have an impact on food purchasing and consumption behaviours. Access to healthy foods has been related to certain neighbourhood characteristics. Specifically, access to healthy foods is increased in higher-income neighbourhoods. (5,6) Conversely, lower-income neighbourhoods may have increased access to fast food restaurants. (7,8) Residents' diets have been found to correlate with their food environment, particularly in lower income and minority populations. (5,6,9,10) There are few published conceptual models of the food environment (3,11) and, until recently, even fewer tools to assess it. (12-14) This paper describes the development and implementation of food environment assessment tools. METHODS

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