Trends (2014-2018) in the healthiness of packaged food purchases of Australian consumers before and after the introduction of voluntary Health Star Rating nutrition labels.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the trends in the healthiness of packaged food purchases of Australian consumers before and after the introduction of the Health Star Rating (HSR) nutrition labels.

Design

Panel data analysis and difference-in-differences analysis.

Setting

The Australian Government endorsed HSR nutrition labels for voluntary implementation on packaged foods in June 2014. We analyse the packaged food purchases of households across all major supermarkets before (January 2014 to June 2014) and after (June 2014-Dec 2018) the introduction of HSR.

Participants

6284 members of a panel of households across Australia reporting their grocery purchases to a market research company (Nielsen Homescan panel).

Results

The healthiness of household food purchases ex

SUBMITTER: Seenivasan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11617420 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature