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SynthesisSystematic reviews2019

Social marketing including financial incentive programs at worksite cafeterias for preventing obesity: a systematic review.

Kimi Sawada, Koji Wada, Sadequa Shahrook, Erika Ota, Yukari Takemi, Rintaro Mori

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Synthesis in Systematic reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kimi SawadaDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Sciences, Nagoya Women's University, 3-40 Shioji-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, 467-8610, Japan. ksawada@nagoya-wu.ac.jp.
Koji WadaThe International University of Health and Welfare, 1-24-1 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0062, Japan.
Sadequa ShahrookPopulation Health Research Institute, Global Health, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, 20 Copeland Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario, L8L 0A3, Canada.
Erika OtaGlobal Health Nursing, St. Luke's International University Graduate School of Nursing Science, 10-1 Akashicho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0044, Japan.
Yukari TakemiNutrition Ecology Department of Nutrition Sciences, Kagawa Nutrition University (Joshi Eiyo Daigaku), 3-9-21 Chiyoda, Sakado, Saitama, 350-0288, Japan.
Rintaro MoriDepartment of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs with food-taxation strategies, such interventions as discounted healthy menus, point-of-purchase advertisements, and sugar-free beverages for employees at worksites could help prevent obesity. This study assessed the effectiveness of food environment interventions incorporating financial incentive or social marketing strategies at workplace cafeterias, vending machines, and kiosks toward preventing obesity and improving dietary habits.

methodsWe conducted searches on CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO databases. The study designs included were randomized control trials (RCTs) and cluster RCTs. We evaluated the effectiveness of financial incentive or social marketing strategies interventions (such as discounts) on health outcomes or food intake behavior. Two reviewers independently screened the studies for inclusion. We assessed the risk of bias using the Cochrane Collaboration's tool. This protocol was published in 2014.

resultsWe included three trials, with a combined total of 3013 participants. There were limited available data from RCTs on changes in body weight. No eligible social marketing studies were retrieved. In some cases, a meta-analysis could not be conducted owing to differences in the analytic methods for the outcomes.

conclusionsLack of evidence made it difficult to draw any conclusions. In future surveys, it will be necessary to conduct interventions focusing only on financial incentive intervention versus no intervention in order to determine whether the incentive strategy has a clear impact. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD4201401056.

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MotivationSocial MarketingBody WeightFeeding BehaviorFoodFood ServicesHealth PromotionHumansObesityOccupational HealthRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicWorkplaceFood environmental interventionsIncentive-basedObesitySystematic reviewWorkplace

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PMCPMC6394016

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