{"id":419,"date":"2020-07-10T14:33:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/?page_id=419"},"modified":"2025-02-28T21:32:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T21:32:55","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of Toolbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introduction to the Food Environment Toolbox\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1027758462?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-header\">\n<h1><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sU-mTC5ouj4Ap3-oxQHMMpKSJa1ol0fD\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction to Toolbox<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Food Environment Toolbox (FET) encompasses a suite of food environment assessments that aim to allow researchers and practitioners to measure the different dimensions of food environments in diverse low- and middle-income country (LMIC) settings. The overarching goal of the FET is to provide assessments that are field and user-friendly, low cost, and scalable, and that complement one another to provide information regarding the multi-faceted characteristics of food environments. The Toolbox includes the following tools:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-743 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1274\/2025\/01\/FoodEnvironments_fig1_Toolkits.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1274\/2025\/01\/FoodEnvironments_fig1_Toolkits.png 1146w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1274\/2025\/01\/FoodEnvironments_fig1_Toolkits-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1274\/2025\/01\/FoodEnvironments_fig1_Toolkits-1024x858.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1274\/2025\/01\/FoodEnvironments_fig1_Toolkits-768x643.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"page-header\">\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/home\/tools\/participatory-mapping\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Participatory Mapping<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/seasonal-calendar-of-food-availability\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Seasonal Calendar of Food Availability<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/food-environment-perceptions-survey-feps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Environment Perceptions Survey (FEPS)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/community-food-environment-mapping\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Food Environment Mapping<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/market-mapping-tool\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Market Mapping<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-header\">\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/in-depth-vendor-assessment\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">In-Depth Vendor Assessment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/cost-of-a-healthy-diet-data-collection-protocol\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Cost of a Healthy Diet data collection protocol <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The Food Environment Toolbox was funded through the Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Action (IMMANA)\u00a0programme, led by the London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), in partnership with Tufts University and\u00a0the University of Sheffield. IMMANA is co-funded with UK Aid from the UK government and by the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates\u00a0Foundation INV-002962 \/ OPP1211308. We are grateful for the resources and support of the IMMANA program.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Toolbox The Food Environment Toolbox (FET) encompasses a suite of food environment assessments that aim to allow researchers and practitioners to measure the different dimensions of food environments &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/about-us\/\" class=\"\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-419","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Overview of Toolbox - Food Environment Toolbox<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-environment-toolbox\/about-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Overview of Toolbox - Food Environment Toolbox\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Introduction to Toolbox The Food Environment Toolbox (FET) encompasses a suite of food environment assessments that aim to allow researchers and practitioners to measure the different dimensions of food environments &hellip; 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