Removing competitive foods v. nudging and marketing school meals: a pilot study in high-school cafeterias.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare federally reimbursable school meals served when competitive foods are removed and when marketing and nudging strategies are used in school cafeterias operating the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). The second objective was to determine how marketing and nudging strategies influence competitive food sales.

Design

In the Healthy Choices School, all competitive foods were removed; the Healthy Nudging School retained competitive foods and promoted the school meal programme using marketing and nudging strategies; a third school made no changes. Cafeteria register data were collected from the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year through the four-week intervention. Outcome measures included daily entrées served; share of entrées served with vegetables, fr

SUBMITTER: Boehm R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200416 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature