geographic factors as determinants of food security: a western australian food pricing and quality study. | food affordability and quality can influence food choice. this research explores the impact of geographic factors on food pricing and quality in western australia (wa). a healthy food access basket (hfab) was cost and a visual and descriptive quality assessment of 13 commonly consumed fresh produce items was conducted in-store on a representative sample of 144 food grocery stores. the wa retail environment in 2010 had 447 grocery stores servicing 2.9 million people: 38% of stores the two major c ... | 2014 | 25516329 |