Background There is an increasing global trend towards urbanization. In general, there are
less food access issues in urban than rural areas, but this “urban advantage” does not …

Food environment research is increasingly gaining prominence in low-and middle-income
countries (LMICs). However, in the absence of a systematic review of the literature, little is …

The aim of the present study was to critically analyze operational definitions of food deserts
and food swamps included in empirical studies published in peer-reviewed journals. A …

This study aimed to determine if the Turner et al.(2018) framework allows researchers to
identify and study relationships between food environments and individual food choice in …

Background Food deserts are neighborhoods with little or no access to healthy food,
whereas food swamps are neighborhoods where unhealthy food options prevail over …

Urbanization is generally believed to contribute to dietary patterns that increase the risk of
non-communicable disease (NCD). However, empirical evidence using nuanced measures …

Food environments, or interfaces between consumers and their food systems, are a useful
lens for assessing global dietary change. Growing inclusivity of nature-dependent societies …

Despite growing interest in urban vulnerability to climatic change, there is no systematic
understanding of why some urban centers have greater social vulnerability than others. In …

The availability of ultra-processed foods in a municipality tends to be related to different
types of food retailers and their location in the territory, besides social, economic, and …

Insufficient intake of total fruits and vegetables is linked to an increased cancer risk, but the
relation is not understood for dried fruits. Dried fruits are generally perceived, by both …