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Public support for healthy supermarket initiatives focused on product placement: a multi-country cross-sectional analysis of the 2018 International Food Policy Study
| Title: | Public support for healthy supermarket initiatives focused on product placement: a multi-country cross-sectional analysis of the 2018 International Food Policy Study |
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| Authors: | Clara Gómez-Donoso, Gary Sacks, Lana Vanderlee, David Hammond, Christine M. White, Claudia Nieto, Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Adrian J. Cameron |
| Source: | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | BMC, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: | Supermarket, Retail, Food environment, Attitudes, Diet, Food policy, Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases, RC620-627, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: | Abstract Background Food retail environments have an influential role in shaping purchasing behavior and could contribute to improving dietary patterns at a population level. However, little is known about the level of public support for different types of initiatives to encourage healthy food choices in supermarkets, and whether this varies across countries or context. The current study aimed to explore the level of support for three potential supermarket initiatives focused on product placement across five countries, and factors that may influence this support. Methods A total of 22,264 adults from Australia, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States (US) provided information on support for three supermarket initiatives related to product placement (targeting product positioning: ‘checkouts with only healthy products’, ‘fewer end-of-aisle displays containing unhealthy foods or soft drinks’ or availability: ‘more shelf space for fresh and healthier foods’) as part of the online 2018 International Food Policy Study. The proportion of respondents that supported each initiative was assessed across countries, and multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to evaluate the influence of sociodemographic factors on support. Results The initiative that received the highest support was ‘more shelf space for fresh and healthier foods’: 72.0% [95% CI 71.3–72.7], whereas ‘checkouts with only healthy products’ received the lowest support: 48.6% [95% CI 47.8–49.4]. The level of support differed between countries (p |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1479-5868 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1479-5868 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12966-021-01149-0 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/8cba4abdbc1b411188fe9fa0fe8bb036 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.8cba4abdbc1b411188fe9fa0fe8bb036 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| ISSN: | 14795868 |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s12966-021-01149-0 |
| Published in: | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity |
| Language: | English |