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Encouraging Healthier Food and Beverage Purchasing and Consumption: A Review of Interventions within Grocery Retail Settings
Wolgast, Henry Halverson, McKenna M. Kennedy, Nicole Gallard, Isabel Karpyn, Allison
Wolgast, Henry
Halverson, McKenna M.
Kennedy, Nicole
Gallard, Isabel
Karpyn, Allison
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2022-12-01
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316107
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This review identifies the most promising intervention strategies for promoting the purchase and consumption of healthier items within U.S. grocery retail settings, with a particular focus on those strategies that may be most effective when implemented within SNAP-authorized retail settings. Searches of nine electronic databases, as well as forward and backward searches, yielded 1942 studies. After being screened, 73 peer-reviewed academic articles were identified for inclusion. Of these, 33 analyzed single-component interventions, while 40 assessed multi-component interventions. The following unique intervention types were considered as evaluated in these studies for their ability to increase healthy item purchasing and consumption: (1) nutrition scoring, (2) nutritional messaging, (3) non-nutritional messaging, (4) endcaps and secondary placement, (5) point-of-sale interventions, (6) increased stocking, (7) food tasting and demonstrations, (8) nutrition education, and (9) placement on shelf interventions. Nutritional scoring and nutritional messaging emerged as the most rigorously tested and effective intervention strategies. Other strategies warrant more research attention. Simple intervention strategies, as opposed to complex ones, yield the most successful results and minimize shopper burden. Therefore, these strategies should be reviewed for policy implementation within SNAP-authorized grocery retailers.
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Wolgast, H.; Halverson, M.M.; Kennedy, N.; Gallard, I.; Karpyn, A. Encouraging Healthier Food and Beverage Purchasing and Consumption: A Review of Interventions within Grocery Retail Settings. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 16107. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316107
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 19, Iss. 23
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