Environmental Sustainability of Food Environments: Development and Application of a Framework in 4 cities in South Asia.

Autor:	Bellows AL; Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom., Ganpule A; Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India., Raza A; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy., Kapoor D; Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom., Musicus A; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States., Spiker ML; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, United States.; Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health Program, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, United States., Jaacks LM; Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Current developments in nutrition [Curr Dev Nutr] 2024 Jun 11; Vol. 8 (7), pp. 103791. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 11 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.103791
Abstrakt:	Background: Food environments, where people directly engage with broader food systems, may be an important contributor to the environmental sustainability of food systems. Objectives: The primary objectives of this study were to establish a new food environment framework that considers environmental indicators and to assess data availability and gaps using data previously collected as part of a food systems survey in 4 South Asian cities. Methods: The framework was developed by conducting a structured literature review of previous food environment frameworks and in-depth interviews with content experts ( n = 6). The framework and indicators were then mapped to data collected by consumer and vendor surveys using the Urban Food Systems Assessment Tool (UFSAT) in Ahmedabad (India), Pune (India), Kathmandu (Nepal), and Pokhara (Nepal). Results: We have expanded the sustainability domain within food environments to include consumer travel to food vendors, the presence of food delivery services, policies related to sustainability, vendor food waste, vendor plastic use, vendor utility usage, vendor recycling and waste management practices, and food packaging. Mapping the framework to existing data from 4 cities in South Asia, we found variations in food environment sustainability indicators, particularly regarding consumer transportation to food vendors, the presence of delivery services, and food waste. Conclusions: Although the majority of food environment research focuses on the availability and affordability of healthy foods, there is an urgent need to understand better how aspects of food environments contribute to environmental goals. When mapping the framework to existing food systems data, we found gaps in data on environmental sustainability in food environments and variation in indicators across settings. (© 2024 The Authors.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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