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Food Environment Toolbox papers<\/h4>\n

Downs SM, Staromiejska W, Bakshi N, Sok S, Chhinh N, Thou P, Phorn N, Chen T, Ahmed S, Fox EL, Herforth A. The Food Environment Toolbox: Developing and Piloting a Suite of Tools to Measure Food Environments in Low-and Middle-Income Countries. Current Developments in Nutrition<\/a>. 2025 May 1;9(5):107444.<\/p>\n

Downs SM, Staromiejska W, Sok S, Ahmed S, Fox E, Herforth A, Ghosh-Jerath S. The Food Environment Perceptions Survey: development and piloting of a survey instrument to assess consumers\u2019 interactions with diverse food environments in low-and middle-income countrie<\/a>s. Public Health Nutrition. 2026 Feb 13:1-28.<\/p>\n

Food environment conceptual papers\"\"<\/h4>\n

Downs SM, Ahmed S, Fanzo J, Herforth A. Food environment typology: advancing an expanded definition, framework, and methodological approach for improved characterization of wild, cultivated, and built food environments toward sustainable diets<\/a>. Foods. 2020 Apr 22;9(4):532.<\/p>\n

Bogard JR, Downs S, Casey E, Farrell P, Gupta A, Miachon L, Naughton S, Staromiejska W, Reeve E. Convenience as a dimension of food environments: A systematic scoping review of its definition and measurement<\/a>. Appetite. 2024 Jan 2:107198.<\/p>\n

Zeitler L, Downs S, Powell B. Adapting food environment frameworks to recognize a wild-cultivated continuum<\/a>. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2024; 11:1343021.<\/p>\n

Downs S, Manohar S, Staromiejska W, Keo C, Say S, Chhinh N, Fanzo J, Sok S. Centering context when characterizing food environments: the potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research<\/a>. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2024 Feb 21;11:1324102.<\/p>\n

Manohar S, Downs S, Shaikh S, Mak S, Sok S, Graham E, Miachon L, Fanzo J. Riverine food environments and food security: a case study of the Mekong River, Cambodia<\/a>. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2023;101(2):140.<\/p>\n

Ahmed S, Downs SM, Yang C, ten Broek N, Ghosh-Jerath S. Rapid Tool Based on a Food Environment Typology Framework for Evaluating Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food System Resilience<\/a>. Food Security<\/em> 2020; 12: 773-778.<\/p>\n

Food environment research papers<\/h4>\n

Downs SM, Warne T, McClung S, Vogliano C, Alexander N, Kennedy G, Ahmed S, Crum J. Piloting Market Food Environment Assessments in LMICs: A feasibility assessment and lessons learned<\/a>. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 2024;45(4):125-41.<\/p>\n

Downs SM, Ahmed S, Warne T, Fanzo J, Loucks K. The global food environment transition based on the socio-demographic index<\/a>. Global Food Security. 2022 Jun 1;33:100632.<\/p>\n

Downs SM, Fox EL, Mutuku V, Muindi Z, Fatima T, Pavlovic I, Husain S, Sabbahi M, Kimenju S, Ahmed S. Food Environments and Their Influence on Food Choices: A Case Study in Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya<\/a>. Nutrients. 2022;14(13):2571.<\/p>\n

Merchant EV, Fatima T, Fatima A, Maiyo N, Mutuku V, Keino S, Simon JE, Hoffman DJ, Downs SM. The Influence of Food Environments on Food Security Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Urban and Rural Difference in Kenya<\/a>. Nutrients. 2022;14(14):2939.<\/p>\n

Downs SM & Demmler K. Food environment interventions targeting children and adolescents: a scoping review<\/a>. Global Food Security<\/em> 2020; 27: 100403.<\/p>\n

Downs, S.M., Glass, S., Linn, K.K. and Fanzo, J. The interface between consumers and their food environment in Myanmar: an exploratory mixed-methods study<\/a>.\u00a0Public Health Nutrition <\/em>2019;\u00a022<\/em>(6): 1075-1088.<\/p>\n

Gupta V & Downs S, Ghosh-Jerath S, Lock K, Singh A. Unhealthy fat in street and snack foods in low socioeconomic settings in India: A case study of the food environments of rural villages and an urban slum<\/a>. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior<\/em> 2016;48(4):269-279.<\/p>\n

Olstad DL, Downs S, Raine K, Berry TR, McCargar LJ. Improving children\u2019s nutrition environments: A survey of adoption and implementation of nutrition guidelines in recreational facilities<\/a>. BMC Public Health<\/em> 2011;11:423.<\/p>\n

Downs S, Arnold A, Marshall D, McCargar LJ, Raine K., Willows ND.\u00a0 Associations among the food environment, diet quality and weight status in Cree children in Qu\u00e9bec<\/a>. Public Health Nutrition<\/em> 2009;12(9):1504-11.<\/p>\n

Videos and conference presentations<\/h4>\n

ANH Academy Learning Lab 2024. Assessing diverse food environments in low- and middle-income \u00a0countries with the Food Environment Toolbox<\/a><\/p>\n

Media<\/h4>\n

Time of India: https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/new-tools-offer-breakthrough-in-tackling-hidden-hunger-in-india\/articleshow\/121680577.cms<\/p>\n

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