Identifying foods with good nutritional quality and price for the Opticourses intervention research project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

People on a limited budget want to know the 'good price' of foods. Here we report the methodology used to produce an educational tool designed to help recognize foods with good nutritional quality and price, and assess the validity and relevancy of the tool.

Design

A 'Good Price Booklet' presenting a list of foods with good nutritional quality and price was constructed. The validity of the in-booklet prices was assessed by comparing them with prices actually paid by households from the Opticourses project. The relevancy of the booklet tool was assessed by semi-structured interviews with Opticourses participants.

Setting

Socio-economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods of Marseille, France.

Subjects

Ninety-one participants collected household food-purch

SUBMITTER: Dubois C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261605 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature