Healthier Food Retail: Beginning the Assessment Process in your State or Community
November 11, 2011 in Featured Articles, Tools
Often the first step in making changes in a community’s food retail landscape is taking inventory. This six-page CDC document offers information for those interested in assessing the availa
bility of healthy food retail in their area. Sections include links to data sources, information about using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), information about doing in-store and community-level assessments of the food environment, and links to examples of assessments undertaken by states and communities.