The Food Market Measures Toolkit compiles, categorizes, and describes healthy food retail measures to assist researchers and public health practitioners in selecting the appropriate measurement tool for their work. While a majority of measures focus on store environment and availability of healthy food, this guide also includes measures of consumer and store-owner perspectives. In addition, the guide helps identify gaps in healthy food retail measurement tools, which may encourage researchers to pursue developing and testing new measures moving forward.
Food Market Measures Toolkit: Assessment of Food Environment, Consumers, and Store Owners
Published: February 2015
ID #: 70601
Authors: Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
Focus Areas: Food Access, Food Retail
Resource Type: Tools & Measures
Keywords: Corner store, Food outlet, Grocery store, Rural, Urban
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