Nutrition interventions at point-of-sale to encourage healthier food purchasing: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Point-of-sale is a potentially important opportunity to promote healthy eating through nutrition education and environment modification. The aim of this review was to describe and review the evidence of effectiveness of various types of interventions that have been used at point-of-sale to encourage purchase and/or eating of healthier food and to improve health outcomes, and the extent to which effectiveness was related to intensity, duration and intervention setting.

Methods

Records from searches in databases were screened and assessed against inclusion criteria. Included studies had risk of bias assessed. Intervention effectiveness was assessed for two outcomes: i) purchase and/or intake of healthier food options and/or nutrient intake; and ii) mediating factors

SUBMITTER: Liberato SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4180547 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature