Local Food Environments

This book describes the landscape of local food environments through research methods and documented impacts. It provides information on the complex nature of food delivery systems as well as the historical and political trends that shaped them over time. Chapters cover community perspectives on food shopping in the US; economic and agricultural policies shaping US food environments; geography of food environments; study design, measurement, and analytical issues; local environments, behavior, and health; food delivery outside the US; local action to modify food environments; and local, state, and federal policy changes.