Instruments
Instruments that have been made available by researchers are listed below based on the appropriate food environment (i.e., food store, home, restaurant, school, and/or worksite) and by author name. Typically, an instrument is linked to peer-reviewed publications that report on its development and/or research that has made use of the measure.
* In some cases, researchers have provided instruments for which peer-reviewed publications are not yet available. To provide the research community with the most up-to-date tools, these emerging instruments are also shared here. Links to publications will be added when they become available. Researchers interested in using these emerging instruments are encouraged to contact the authors directly for more information.
Food Stores
- Abarca: Grocery Store Manager Questionnaire
- Anderson: Healthy Eating Indicator Shopping Basket (HEISB) Tool
- Andreyeva: Rudd Center Revised Nutrition Environment Measures Survey in Stores (NEMS-S)
- Ayala: Grocery Store Observation Guide
- Baker: Audit Tools
- Ball: Food Store Survey
- Boehmer/Brownson: Survey
- Braunschweig: Health Empowerment Zone (HEZ) Grocery Store Checklist
- Caldwell: Produce Assessment
- Cheadle: Grocery Store Survey
- Edmonds: Toxic Food Environment (TFE) Study
- Franzen/Smith: Hmong Food Store Survey
- Freedman: Food Environment Surveys
- Futrell: Food Ubiquity Study
- Ghirardelli: CX3 Food Availability & Marketing Survey
- Glanz: Nutrition Environment Measures Survey in Stores (NEMS-S)
- Gloria/Texas DSHS: Texas Nutrition Environment Assessment
- Gordon: Retail Food Assessment
- Gustafson: Perceived and Objective Measures of the Food Store Environment
- Guy 2004: Product List
- Hosler: Food Retail Outlet Survey Tool (FROST)
- Hosler: Food Store Survey
- Laska: Corner Store Data Collection Form
- Liese: Food Store Survey
- Lucan: Green Carts (Mobile Produce Vendors) Tool
- Lucan: Instrument for Corner Store Snack Food Assessment
- Moore: Perceived Availability of Healthy Food Questions
- Morland: Fruit and Vegetable Survey
- Mujahid: Neighborhood Health Questionnaire
- Rudd Center: WIC Program Revisions Project Food Store Assessment Forms
- Simmons: Te Wai O Rona Diabetes Prevention Strategy Mapping Instrument
- Sloane: Healthy-Food Assessment Survey
- Song: Baltimore Healthy Stores Project
- Winkler 2006: Food Study
- Wong: Community Health Environment Scan Survey (CHESS)
- Zenk 2006: Southwest (SW) Chicago Food Store Audit Instrument
- Zenk 2008: Detroit Healthy Environments Partnership Food Environment Audit for Diverse Neighborhoods (FEAD-N)
- Zenk 2009: WIC Northern Illinois Vendor Survey
Home
- Baranowski: Gimme 5 Fruit, Juice and Vegetable Surveys
- Baranowski: Home Fruit, Juice and Vegetable Pantry Management and Availability Scales
- Cullen: Girls' Health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS) Scale
- French: Annotated Receipts to Capture Household Purchasing
- Fulkerson: Home Food Inventory
- Heim: Youth Garden Project Survey
- Miller: Shelf Inventory
- Nelson/Laska: Dorm Room Food Inventory
- Neumark-Sztainer: Project EAT
Public Facilities
- French: Pharmacy Food Environment Measures
- Kelly: Measuring Food Environments at Public Transport Sites
- Lesser: Nutritional Environment Measures Survey in Cafeterias (NEMS-C)
- Wong: Community Health Environment Scan Survey (CHESS)
Restaurants
- Baker: Audit Tools
- Edmonds: Toxic Food Environment (TFE) Study
- Krukowski: Children's Lunch/Dinner Menu Assessment
- Lee: Baltimore Healthy Carryouts Checklist
- Minaker: Assessment Tools
- Saelens: Nutrition Environment Measures Study in Restaurants (NEMS-R)
- Simmons: Te Wai O Rona Diabetes Prevention Strategy Mapping Instrument
- Wong: Community Health Environment Scan Survey (CHESS)
Schools
- Arcan: Measure of Eating and Drinking Opportunities
- Benjamin: NAP SACC Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care
- Carter/Swinburn: Schools Questionnaire
- Cullen 2007: Fruits and Vegetables (FV) Norms Self-efficacy School Lunch Scales
- French 2004: TACOS - A La Carte (ALC)
- Harnack: A la Carte Food Items
- Hearst/Kubik: School Observation Form
- Kubik 2002: Teacher Survey
- Kubik 2005: Parent Survey
- Kubik 2005: Principal Interview
- Lytle: Needs Assessment Forms
- Minaker: Instruments to Assess Students' Perceived School Food Environments
- Nelson/Laska: Dorm Room Food Inventory
- Neumark-Sztainer: Food Policies Questionnaire
- Park: Florida Youth Survey 2003
- Thompson: Fruits and Vegetables (FV) Norms Self-efficacy School Lunch Scales
- Turner: Food and Fitness School Health Policies and Practices Questionnaire
- Van der Horst: Environmental Determinants in Rotterdam Schoolchildren (ENDORSE)
- Wechsler: School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS)