Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 50 3 2021 02 26 480 491 Nahid ZERAFATI-SHOAE 1. Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Hosseint TAGHDISI Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Leila AZADBAKHT Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hamid SHARIF NIA Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Naheed ARYAEIAN 1. Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Research Center for Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2018 12 17 2021 02 26 Background: Food store measurement is important for planners and policy makers to improve unhealthy stores towards healthy stores. This review aimed to outline the concepts and measures development of checklists that assess food store environment in urban communities. Methods: The search was carried out in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus as well as reference lists of included studies for obtaining published articles between 1990 up to the date of search (30 June 2017). Eligibility criteria attempted to capture peer-reviewed articles aimed at development and validation of checklists for assessing food stores. Results: From 3,862 records, 24 studies were included in this review. Findings showed constructs included in the instruments were availability (n=22); price (n=22); quality of fresh foods (n=13); promotion (n=6); product placement (n=6); advertisement (n=5); shelf space (n=3); display (n=3); store features or characteristics (n=2); marketing (n=2); accessibility; nutrition information; visibility; food variety; signage. There are differences on the conceptual definition of each constructs across the checklists. Only half of studies pursued fully systematic steps for the measures development. Conclusion: Consensus for definition of constructs of food store measurement is necessary. Besides, the development of the measures of checklists needs to be done by high-quality methods. https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/15647 https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/15647/7157