The use of regulatory measures to create healthier food retail environments – a scoping review

This scoping review will examine ways in which regulatory measures have been used to create healthier food retail environments. It aims to identify the types of regulatory measures described in the literature as being used to create healthier food retail environments, including policy, taxes, acts and ordinances to more informal regulatory measures, including local council interventions or negotiated arrangements between health actors and food retail outlets with the aim of creating healthier food retail. This scoping review will focus on regulatory measures that have been embedded in policy or formal documentation and will exclude those that have been implemented as part of a research trial.