Relative and Absolute Availability of Healthier Food and Beverage Alternatives Across Communities in the United States

Zenk, Shannon N.; Powell, Lisa M.; Rimkus, Leah; Isgor, Zeynep; Barker, Dianne C.; Ohri‐Vachaspati, Punam; Chaloupka, Frank J.

doi:10.2105/ajph.2014.302113

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“…From that perspective, relative exposure measures, such as the percentage of food outlets considered "healthy" would be more appropriate. Only a few studies have compared relative to absolute measures, though (Mason et al, 2013;Zenk et al, 2014). Furthermore, little is known about the consistency of associ'ations between diet and those relative measures across populations and space.…”

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Should we use absolute or relative measures when assessing foodscape exposure in relation to fruit and vegetable intake? Evidence from a wide-scale Canadian study

Clary

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Shareck³

et al. 2015

Preventive Medicine

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confidence: 99%

Should we use absolute or relative measures when assessing foodscape exposure in relation to fruit and vegetable intake? Evidence from a wide-scale Canadian study

Clary

Ramos

Shareck³

et al. 2015

Preventive Medicine

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“…However, as also acknowledged by the authors, there are some shortcomings to consider. For example, as recognized previously by members of the research team and others, there is evidence that not only the availability of healthy items is of importance, but also the availability of unhealthy items (30,31) . In fact, when measuring the retail food environment, multiple aspects of the consumer food environment -beyond availability -should be considered, including prices, marketing and food quality (i.e.…”

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Food labelling, food retail availability and food pricing – moving from research to action?

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Zenk²

2014

Public Health Nutr.

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“…Most likely as a product of marketing and availability, children in lower SES neighbourhoods can more readily identify the logos of multinational fast-food outlets [98]. On the other hand, the availability of healthy dietary choices may be subpar, more expensive, or shelved in such a way as to be subordinate to energy-dense, low nutrient foods [99][100][101][102][103]. Such research demonstrates that the connections between socioeconomic inequalities, fast-food, and NCDs [104,105] (and it its most extreme end, mortality [106]) are not on a level playing field.…”

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Down to Earth: Planetary Health and Biophilosophy in the Symbiocene Epoch

Prescott

Logan

2017

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Advances in science have illuminated the role of the "ecological theatre"-the total living environment-in human health. In a rapidly changing epoch known as the anthropocene, microbiome science is identifying functional connections between all life, both seen and unseen. Rather than an easily identifiable era appearing in rock strata, the anthropocene is more of a diagnostic syndrome, a set of signs and symptoms including climate change, gross biodiversity losses, environmental degradation, and an epidemic of non-communicable diseases. The syndrome is intertwined with politics, economics, public policies (or lack thereof), social values, and a global push of calorie-dense, nutrient-poor foods and beverages. The healing of anthropocene syndrome is the grand challenge of humanity. Expanding on the "Mars Can Wait" argument of Geoffrey Goodman, et al., we focus on the urgency with which health promotion must be prioritized here on Earth. We revive Jonas Salk's biophilosophy: a call to action for collaboration between biologists, humanists, and scholars of all stripes. From this perspective, lines of distinction between personal, public, and planetary health are removed. We also describe the symbiocene: the possibility of a new epoch in which mutualism will be considered imperative. If society asks the right questions, a transition to the symbiocene is possible; the "stratigraphical" mark of the new epoch will be found in a repudiation of authoritarianism, and the promotion of empathy, cultural competency, emotional intelligence, and commitment to optimism, tolerance, and the facilitation of the WHO definition of health, i.e., the fulfillment of human potential.

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Relative and Absolute Availability of Healthier Food and Beverage Alternatives Across Communities in the United States

Abstract: Policies to improve the relative availability of healthier alternatives may be needed to improve population health and reduce disparities.

Cited by 83 publications

References 48 publications

Should we use absolute or relative measures when assessing foodscape exposure in relation to fruit and vegetable intake? Evidence from a wide-scale Canadian study

Should we use absolute or relative measures when assessing foodscape exposure in relation to fruit and vegetable intake? Evidence from a wide-scale Canadian study

Food labelling, food retail availability and food pricing – moving from research to action?

Down to Earth: Planetary Health and Biophilosophy in the Symbiocene Epoch

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