Trial reportPublic health nutrition2015
The effect of changes in visibility and price on fruit purchasing at a university cafeteria in Lima, Peru.
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- Improving student diet and food security in higher education using participatory and co-creation approaches: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
- The effects of nudges on purchases, food choice, and energy intake or content of purchases in real-life food purchasing environments: a systematic review and evidence synthesis.Nutrition journal · 2020Pooled it
- Community-level interventions for improving access to food in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Community-level interventions for improving access to food in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Types of Interventions Targeting Dietary, Physical Activity, and Weight-Related Outcomes among University Students: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
- Pricing Strategies to Encourage Availability, Purchase, and Consumption of Healthy Foods and Beverages: A Systematic Review.Preventing chronic disease · 2017Pooled it
- Environmental Intervention in a University Canteen with Focus on Decision Guidance-Effects on Sale and Daily Consumption of Vegetables and Fruit.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Toward a Healthy and Environmentally Sustainable Campus Food Environment: A Scoping Review of Postsecondary Food Interventions.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of price-reduced meals on purchases among university young adults.Journal of nutritional science · 2021Article
- Influence of cooking skills and nutritional training on dietary choices of incoming chiropractic students.The Journal of chiropractic education · 2020Article
- Sensory Nudges: The Influences of Environmental Contexts on Consumers' Sensory Perception, Emotional Responses, and Behaviors toward Foods and Beverages.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Scoping review of studies on food marketing in Latin America: Summary of existing evidence and research gaps.Revista de saude publica · 2020Article
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- Increasing fruit and vegetable intake: where are we at and how do we reach recommendations?Public health nutrition · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the effect of increasing fruit visibility, adding information and lowering price on fruit purchasing at a university cafeteria in Lima, Peru.
designQuasi-experimental pilot study of a three-phase stepped intervention. In Phase 1, fruit was displayed >3 m from the point of purchase with no additional information. Phase 2 consisted in displaying the fruit near the point of purchase with added health and price information. Phase 3 added a 33% price reduction. The duration of each phase was 3 weeks and phases were separated by 2-week breaks. Primary outcomes were total pieces of fruit and number of meals sold daily.
settingA university cafeteria in Lima, Peru. SUBJECTS: Approximately 150 people, students and non-student adults, who purchased food daily. Twelve students participated in post-intervention interviews.
resultsFruit purchasing doubled from Phase 1 to Phase 3 (P<0·01) and remained significant after adjusting for the number of meals sold daily (P<0·05). There was no evidence of a difference in fruit sold between the other phases. Females purchased 100% of the fruit in Phase 1, 82% in Phase 2 and 67% in Phase 3 (P<0·01). Males increased their purchasing significantly between Phase 1 and 3 (P<0·01). Non-student adults purchased more fruit with each phase (P<0·05) whereas students did not. Qualitatively, the most common reason for not purchasing fruit was a marked preference to buy unhealthy snack foods.
conclusionsPromoting fruit consumption by product placement close to the point of purchase, adding health information and price reduction had a positive effect on fruit purchasing in a university cafeteria, especially in males and non-student adults.
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