Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Department of Population Health Nursing Science, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 19;17(20):7591. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207591.
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.
零售食品环境（RFE）对饮食摄入和健康有重要影响，在过去几十年和几年中，RFE 发生了巨大变化。RFE 及其与健康和行为的关系的先前概念模型在指导研究方面发挥了重要作用；然而，RFE 变化的趋同和该领域的科学进步表明，现在是重新审视这一概念的时候了。在本文中，我们提出了零售食品环境和客户交互模型，以传达在购买点影响食品选择的各种因素和关系的不断演变。该模型详细说明了 RFE 的具体组成部分，包括商业方法、参与者、来源和客户的零售体验；描述了影响客户购买的个人、人际和家庭特征；突出了 RFE 和客户所处的宏观层面背景（例如社区和国家）；并解决了 RFE 和客户产生的广泛结果，包括：人口健康、粮食安全、粮食正义、环境可持续性和商业可持续性。我们相信，拟议的概念化有助于（1）为未来的研究提供广泛的影响，（2）进一步强调需要跨学科合作，最终改善一系列关键的人口成果。
