Modifying food environments to prevent childhood obesity

What is it about?

This review summarises what we know about food environments of relevance to childhood obesity prevention, with a focus on places where children live, learn and play. The review highlights approaches and challenges in defining and measuring the food environment, discusses aspects of the food environment unique to children and reports on environmental characteristics that are being modified within community, school and recreational settings.

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Why is it important?

Results of the review show the need for a continued focus on understanding the intersection between individual behaviour and external factors. This includes better ways to measure and report information on the food environment. It also means developing new and innovative ways to capture how people interact with food environments and how this might influence health.