A Model Depicting the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interactions: Components, Outcomes, and Future Directions

Megan R. Winkler; Shannon N. Zenk; Barbara Baquero; Elizabeth Anderson Steeves; Sheila E. Fleischhacker; Joel Gittelsohn; Lucia A Leone; Elizabeth F. Racine

doi:10.3390/ijerph17207591

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A Model Depicting the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interactions: Components, Outcomes, and Future Directions

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A Model Depicting the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interactions: Components, Outcomes, and Future Directions

Megan R. Winkler, Shannon N. Zenk, Barbara Baquero, Elizabeth Anderson Steeves, Sheila E. Fleischhacker, Joel Gittelsohn, Lucia A Leone and Elizabeth F. Racine

International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.17(20), pp.1-21

10/01/2020

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17207591

PMCID: PMC7589434

PMID: 33086537

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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.

dietary intake

environment

food purchasing behavior

grocery store

restaurant

retail

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Title: Subtitle: A Model Depicting the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interactions: Components, Outcomes, and Future Directions
Creators: Megan R. Winkler - University of Minnesota
Shannon N. Zenk - Department of Population Health Nursing Science, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Barbara Baquero - University of Washington
Elizabeth Anderson Steeves - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Sheila E. Fleischhacker - Georgetown University
Joel Gittelsohn - Johns Hopkins University
Lucia A Leone
Elizabeth F. Racine - University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.17(20), pp.1-21
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17207591
PMID: 33086537
PMCID: PMC7589434
NLM abbreviation: Int J Environ Res Public Health
ISSN: 1661-7827
eISSN: 1660-4601
Publisher: MDPI
Language: English
Date published: 10/01/2020
Academic Unit: Community and Behavioral Health
Record Identifier: 9984363585502771

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