Table 3 Characteristics of articles associated with the food retail domain (n = 89)

Jurisdiction level

National

10

11

[64, 68, 94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101]

Provincial/territorial

13

15

[52, 57, 65, 66, 90,91,92, 102,103,104,105,106,107]

Regional

13

15

[50, 51, 53, 54, 59, 67, 108,109,110,111,112,113,114]

Municipal^a

53

60

[40, 41, 49, 55, 56, 58, 60,61,62,63, 87, 115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156]

Setting

Community retail food environment

72

81

[40, 41, 50, 53,54,55, 58, 63,64,65,66, 68, 94,95,96,97,98,99,100, 102,103,104,105,106, 108,109,110,111,112,113, 115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156]

Consumer retail food environment

24

27

[49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57, 59,60,61,62, 67, 87, 90,91,92, 101, 107, 114, 116, 117, 132]

Methods

Data sources to identify food stores (for all settings)

Commercial data

52

58

[40, 50, 56, 58, 60, 64,65,66, 68, 94,95,96,97,98,99,100, 102, 104,105,106, 108, 112, 115, 117, 119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129, 131, 134, 136,137,138, 142, 143, 145, 147, 148, 150,151,152,153,154,155,156]

Administrative data

35

39

[41, 49, 50, 53,54,55, 59, 62, 63, 103, 109,110,111, 113,114,115,116,117,118, 122, 123, 125, 127, 130,131,132,133,134,135, 139,140,141, 145, 146, 150]

Ground-truthing

10

11

[50, 53, 54, 56, 61, 62, 112, 122, 139, 144]

Other (e.g., academic database, farmers’ market associations)

10

11

[49, 63, 115, 122, 123, 125, 127, 145, 149]

Not specified or applicable

9

10

[51, 52, 57, 67, 87, 90, 92, 101, 107]

Analysis of food outlets ‘exposure’ or accessibility (for community retail food environment, n = 72)

Place-based measure

65

90

[40, 41, 53,54,55, 58, 63,64,65,66, 68, 95,96,97,98,99,100, 102,103,104,105,106, 109, 111, 112, 115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128, 130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144, 146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156]

People-based measure (i.e., use of individual’s mobility data)

4

6

[41, 110, 129, 155]

Use of purposely designed buffers

52

72

[53, 54, 58, 63,64,65,66, 68, 97,98,99,100, 102,103,104,105,106, 109, 111, 112, 115,116,117,118, 121, 125, 127, 128, 130,131,132, 134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141, 143, 144, 146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156]

Data collection methods (for consumer retail food environment, n = 24)

Observational audit (in-store)

23

96

[49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57, 59,60,61,62, 67, 87, 90, 101, 107, 114, 116, 117, 132]

Other

3

13

[92, 116, 132]

Outcomes

Community retail food environment (n = 72)

Density of food outlets

55

76

[40, 41, 53, 58, 63, 68, 94,95,96,97,98,99,100, 102,103,104,105,106, 109, 111, 112, 115, 117,118,119,120,121,122,123, 125, 127, 129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143, 146,147,148, 150,151,152,153,154,155]

Proximity to food outlets

19

26

[53, 58, 104, 106, 113, 115, 117, 124,125,126, 131,132,133, 136,137,138, 145, 146, 156]

Food outlets availability (presence)

7

10

[55, 65, 66, 108, 144, 147, 149]

Accessibility to food outlets (other than distance-related)

5

7

[115, 117, 126, 128, 145]

Other

5

7

[50, 53, 110, 125, 147]

Consumer retail food environment (n = 24)

Food availability (type of products)

11

46

[49,50,51,52,53,54,55, 59, 61, 62, 67]

Food prominence (shelf-space)

8

33

[49, 51, 53, 56, 62, 87, 90, 101]

Food variety (number of distinct products)

7

29

[56, 57, 61, 62, 91, 92, 114]

Food placement (product location)

4

17

[56, 87, 101, 114]

Food quality (organoleptic properties)

3

13

[56, 62, 114]

Food quality (‘healthiness’)

3

13

[53, 54, 60]

Overall setting ‘healthiness’

3

13

[51, 116, 132]

Other

4

17

[53, 60, 61, 107]