Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2014
A randomized controlled study of a healthy corner store initiative on the purchases of urban, low-income youth.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of the consumer and neighbourhood food environment on dietary intake and obesity-related outcomes: A systematic review of causal impact studies.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of nutritional intervention strategies in the primary prevention of overweight and obesity in school settings: systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Association between access to convenience stores and childhood obesity: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- Improving Consumption and Purchases of Healthier Foods in Retail Environments: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Systematic review: a systems innovation perspective on barriers and facilitators for the implementation of healthy food-store interventions.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Grocery store interventions to change food purchasing behaviors: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- Evaluation of Store Environment Changes of an In-Store Intervention to Promote Fruits and Vegetables in Latino/Hispanic-Focused Food Stores.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- Evaluation of the first U.S. staple foods ordinance: impact on nutritional quality of food store offerings, customer purchases and home food environments.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Trial
- School Breakfast Program Participation and Rural Adolescents' Purchasing Behaviors in Food Stores and Restaurants.The Journal of school health · 2017Trial
- Choice architecture to promote fruit and vegetable purchases by families participating in the Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): randomized corner store pilot study.Public health nutrition · 2017Trial
- Corner stores as community hubs: a systematic review of public health, economic impact, and social dynamics in urban areas.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Encouraging Healthier Food and Beverage Purchasing and Consumption: A Review of Interventions within Grocery Retail Settings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015-2021.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
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- Kids in a Candy Store: An Objective Analysis of Children's Interactions with Food in Convenience Stores.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Proactive prevention: Act now to disrupt the impending non-communicable disease crisis in low-burden populations.PloS one · 2020Article
- Fruit and Vegetable Purchases in Farmer's Market Stands: Analysing Survey and Sales Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveAlthough many initiatives exist to improve the availability of healthy foods in corner stores, few randomized trials have assessed their effects. This study evaluated, in a randomized controlled trial, the effects of a first-generation healthy corner store intervention on students' food and beverage purchases over a 2-year period.
methodsParticipants (n = 767) were fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students. Ten schools and their nearby corner stores (n = 24) were randomly assigned to the healthy corner store intervention or an assessment-only control. Intercept surveys directly assessed the nutritional characteristics of students' corner store purchases at baseline, 1 and 2 years. Students' weight and heights were measured at baseline, 1 and 2 years.
resultsThere were no differences in energy content per intercept purchased from control or intervention schools at year 1 (P = 0.12) or 2 (P = 0.58). There were no differences between control and intervention students in BMI z score (year 1, P = 0.83; year 2, P = 0. 98) or obesity prevalence (year 1, P = 0.96; year 2, P = 0.58).
conclusionsA healthy corner store initiative did not result in significant changes in the energy content of corner store purchases or in continuous or categorical measures of obesity. These data will help to inform future interventions.
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