TY - JOUR
T1 - A model depicting the retail food environment and customer interactions
T2 - Components, outcomes, and future directions
AU - Winkler, Megan R.
AU - Zenk, Shannon N.
AU - Baquero, Barbara
AU - Steeves, Elizabeth Anderson
AU - Fleischhacker, Sheila E.
AU - Gittelsohn, Joel
AU - Leone, Lucia A.
AU - Racine, Elizabeth F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/10/2
Y1 - 2020/10/2
N2 - The retail food environment (RFE) has important implications for dietary intake and health, and dramatic changes in RFEs have been observed over the past few decades and years. Prior conceptual models of the RFE and its relationships with health and behavior have played an important role in guiding research; yet, the convergence of RFE changes and scientific advances in the field suggest the time is ripe to revisit this conceptualization. In this paper, we propose the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interaction Model to convey the evolving variety of factors and relationships that convene to influence food choice at the point of purchase. The model details specific components of the RFE, including business approaches, actors, sources, and the customer retail experience; describes individual, interpersonal, and household characteristics that affect customer purchasing; highlights the macro-level contexts (e.g., communities and nations) in which the RFE and customers behave; and addresses the wide-ranging outcomes produced by RFEs and customers, including: population health, food security, food justice, environmental sustainability, and business sustainability. We believe the proposed conceptualization helps to (1) provide broad implications for future research and (2) further highlight the need for transdisciplinary collaborations to ultimately improve a range of critical population outcomes.
AB - The retail food environment (RFE) has important implications for dietary intake and health, and dramatic changes in RFEs have been observed over the past few decades and years. Prior conceptual models of the RFE and its relationships with health and behavior have played an important role in guiding research; yet, the convergence of RFE changes and scientific advances in the field suggest the time is ripe to revisit this conceptualization. In this paper, we propose the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interaction Model to convey the evolving variety of factors and relationships that convene to influence food choice at the point of purchase. The model details specific components of the RFE, including business approaches, actors, sources, and the customer retail experience; describes individual, interpersonal, and household characteristics that affect customer purchasing; highlights the macro-level contexts (e.g., communities and nations) in which the RFE and customers behave; and addresses the wide-ranging outcomes produced by RFEs and customers, including: population health, food security, food justice, environmental sustainability, and business sustainability. We believe the proposed conceptualization helps to (1) provide broad implications for future research and (2) further highlight the need for transdisciplinary collaborations to ultimately improve a range of critical population outcomes.
KW - Dietary intake
KW - Environment
KW - Food purchasing behavior
KW - Grocery store
KW - Restaurant
KW - Retail
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17207591
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17207591
M3 - Article
C2 - 33086537
AN - SCOPUS:85093836421
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 21
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
IS - 20
M1 - 7591
ER -