Healthy Nutrition Environments: Concepts and Measures

@article{Glanz2005HealthyNE,
  title={Healthy Nutrition Environments: Concepts and Measures},
  author={Karen Glanz and James F. Sallis and Brian E. Saelens and Lawrence D. Frank},
  journal={American Journal of Health Promotion},
  year={2005},
  volume={19},
  pages={330 - 333}
}
The authors provide a conceptual model of a healthy nutrition environment, then review the types of measures required to assess various aspects of this environment. Measures fall into priority categories of consumer and community environments. 
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