Campus food service users' support for nudge strategies for fruit and vegetable-rich items: findings from a large Canadian national sample.

ABSTRACT: Although customer support is critical to the wider uptake of nudging strategies to promote fruits and vegetables (FV) in institutional food service (FS) settings, empirical research is sparse and typically based on small convenience samples. An online survey was conducted to assess support, perceived effectiveness and intrusiveness of nine nudge types drawn from Münscher et al.'s Taxonomy of Choice Architecture. We focused on the setting of campus FSs across Canada. A national sample of post-secondary students regularly using campus FSs was used (N 1057). Support for changing the range of options (B3) was the highest, closely followed by changing option-related effort (B2) and changing option-related consequences (B4). Facilitating commitment (C2), changing default (B1) and p

SUBMITTER: Yi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10511820 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature