An Emergent Measurement Framework of the Market Food Environment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (OR21-08-19)

摘要

ObjectivesFood systems are increasingly recognized as critical to advancing better nutrition, with the food environment as the nexus between food systems and dietary consumption. Developing a robust measurement framework of the market food environment is a research priority particularly for low and middle income countries (LMIC), where market food environments are rapidly shifting, accompanied by shifts in diet patterns and nutrition outcomes. The objective of this work was to identify existing metrics of the food environment and develop a measurement framework that can be used to assess the outcomes of nutrition-sensitive, market-focused interventions in LMIC.