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Trial reportJournal of nutrition education and behavior2019

Make It Fresh, for Less! A Supermarket Meal Bundling and Electronic Reminder Intervention to Promote Healthy Purchases Among Families With Children.

Alyssa J Moran, Neha Khandpur, Michele Polacsek, Anne N Thorndike, Rebecca L Franckle, Rebecca Boulos, Sally Sampson, Julie C Greene, Dan G Blue, Eric B Rimm

Erratum issuedAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Improving Consumption and Purchases of Healthier Foods in Retail Environments: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Alyssa J MoranDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA. Electronic address: amoran10@jhu.edu.
Neha KhandpurDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA; Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Michele PolacsekWestbrook College of Health Professions, University of New England, Portland, ME.
Anne N ThorndikeHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Rebecca L FranckleDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA; School of Health Sciences, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA.
Rebecca BoulosMuskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME.
Sally SampsonChopChop Family, Belmont, MA.
Julie C GreeneHannaford Supermarkets, Scarborough, ME.
Dan G BlueHannaford Supermarkets, Scarborough, ME.
Eric B RimmDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA.

Funding

TRAINING GRANT IN ACADEMIC NUTRITIONT32DK007703 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI CHRISTOPHER P DUGGAN, Frank B Hu · 1994 to 2026
$7.8M
CVD Epidemiology Training Program in Behavior, the Environment and Global HealthT32HL098048 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI Goodarz Danaei, ERIC B RIMM · 2009 to 2026
$6.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL098048NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007703
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the effects of a supermarket meal bundling and electronic reminder intervention on food choices of families with children.

designQuasi-experimental (meal bundling) and randomized, controlled trial (electronic reminders).

settingLarge supermarket in Maine during 40-week baseline and 16-week intervention periods in 2015-2016.

participantsEnglish-speaking adults living with at least 1 child aged ≤18 years (n = 300) with 25% of households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. INTERVENTION(S): (1) Four bundles of ingredients needed to make 8 low-cost healthful meals were promoted in the store through displays and point-of-purchase messaging for 4 weeks each; (2) weekly electronic messages based on principles from behavioral psychology were sent to study participants reminding them to look for meal bundles in the store.

main outcome measures(1) Difference in storewide sales and individual purchases of bundled items (measured using supermarket loyalty card data) from baseline to intervention in intervention vs control groups. ANALYSIS: Regressions controlling for total food spending and accounting for repeated measures.

resultsThere were no differences in spending on bundled items resulting from the meal bundling intervention or the electronic reminders. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Overall, there was little impact of healthful meal bundles and electronic reminders on storewide sales or purchases of promoted items in a large supermarket.

Indexed as

Food PreferencesAdolescentAdultChildConsumer BehaviorElectronic MailFemaleFood AssistanceFruitHealth PromotionHumansMaleMealsMiddle AgedText MessagingVegetablesbehavioral economicsfruits and vegetablesrandomized controlled trialSNAP

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PMCPMC6461501

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