Preferred Healthy Food Nudges, Food Store Environments, and Customer Dietary Practices in 2 Low-Income Southern Communities

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• 作者：Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts ; PhD¹ ; ^{jilcotts@ecu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Qiang Wu ; PhD² ; Patricia A. Sharpe ; PhD ; MPH³ ; Ann P. Rafferty ; PhD¹ ; Brian Elbel ; PhD ; MPH⁴ ; Alice S. Ammerman ; DrPH⁵ ; Collin R. Payne ; PhD⁶ ; Beth N. Hopping ; PhD⁷ ; Jared T. McGuirt ; MPH⁸ ; Elizabeth D. Wall-Bassett ; PhD ; RDN⁹
• 关键词：diet ; food store ; nutrition ; health behavior ; obesity ; fruit ; vegetable
• 刊名：Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November-December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：48
• 期：10
• 页码：735-742.e1
• 全文大小：219 K

文摘

To examine how food store environments can promote healthful eating, including (1) preferences for a variety of behavioral economics strategies to promote healthful food purchases, and (2) the cross-sectional association between the primary food store where participants reported shopping, dietary behaviors, and body mass index.

Methods

Intercept survey participants (n = 342) from 2 midsized eastern North Carolina communities completed questionnaires regarding preferred behavioral economics strategies, the primary food store at which they shopped, and consumption of fruits, vegetables, and sugary beverages.

Results

Frequently selected behavioral economic strategies included: (1) a token and reward system for fruit and vegetable purchases; and (2) price discounts on healthful foods and beverages. There was a significant association between the primary food store and consumption of fruits and vegetables (P = .005) and sugary beverages (P = .02).

Conclusions and Implications

Future studies should examine associations between elements of the in-store food environment, purchases, and consumption.