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ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2021

In-store food environment for adults and children in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Ksenia Kholina, Amy Grant, Madeleine Waddington, Manfred Egbe, Shannan Grant, Mikiko Terashima, Patricia L Williams

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Article in Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Food environment research in Canada: a rapid review of methodologies and measures deployed between 2010 and 2021.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024
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  5. Benchmarking unhealthy food marketing to children and adolescents in Canada: a scoping review.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2022
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  6. Retail Food Environment in an Urban Resettlement Colony of Delhi: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Ksenia KholinaFood Action Research Centre (FoodARC) and Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1999-0449
Amy GrantMaritime SPOR Support Unit and Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Canada.
Madeleine WaddingtonPublic Health Central Zone, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Canada.
Manfred EgbeFood Action Research Centre (FoodARC) and Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Shannan GrantDepartment of Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Canada.
Mikiko TerashimaSchool of Planning, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Patricia L WilliamsFood Action Research Centre (FoodARC) and Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Patty.Williams@msvu.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-7342-0378

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis paper examines the retail food environment in grocery and convenience stores across Nova Scotia with specific attention to prominence and promotion of foods and beverages, as well as in-store promotion of foods and beverages to children.

methodsA descriptive cross-sectional analysis of data on the availability, price, prominence, and promotion of foods and beverages classified as "healthier" and "less healthy" was undertaken as a part of a Nova Scotia Consumer Food Environment (NS-CFE) project. Data were collected in a random stratified sample of 47 grocery stores and 59 convenience stores by trained research assistants working in pairs using adapted Nutrition Environment Measures Survey Toronto grocery store (NEMS-S) and NEMS Corner Store (NEMS-CS) tools.

results"Less healthy" snack foods and sugar-sweetened beverages were more prominently displayed than "healthier" options with an exception of cereal, at both grocery and convenience stores (all p < 0.001). Coke™ and fruit juice were more expensive than water in both grocery and convenience stores (both p ≤ 0.05). Significantly more child-specific strategies were used to promote "less healthy" compared with "healthier" options in both grocery and convenience stores (both p < 0.001).

conclusionResults of this study demonstrate that "less healthy" options are significantly more prominently displayed and more heavily marketed to all Nova Scotians, including children, in the retail food environment compared with items classified as "healthier". These findings indicate that there is a need for comprehensive structural changes to the retail food environment in Nova Scotia, to support population health.

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CommerceFoodAdultChildCross-Sectional StudiesHumansNova ScotiaFood advertisingFood environmentIn-store environmentMarketing to childrenNutrition environment

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PMID33237485
PMCPMC8076380

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