TABLE 1.
Overlap and definitional differences of domains in 4 conceptual frameworks of the food environment in low- and middle-income countries1
| Domain | Turner et al. (9) | Herforth and Ahmed (19) | Downs et al. (21) | Global Panel (22) | High-Level Panel of Experts (20) | Consistent definition across frameworks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | X | X | X | X | ||
| Affordability | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Desirability | X | X | ||||
| Convenience | X | X | X | |||
| Availability | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Price | X | X | X | |||
| Product characteristics | X | X | X | |||
| Quality | X | X | X | X | ||
| Safety | X | X | ||||
| Taste | X | X | ||||
| Packaging | X | |||||
| Processing | X | |||||
| Sustainability properties | X | |||||
| Promotion/marketing | X | X | X | X |
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Domains marked as present in the framework must have been explicitly named and described as central to the food environment. References to domain names as examples or in the broader discussion of the article were not included.