Grocery store interventions to change food purchasing behaviors: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diet is an important determinant of health, and food purchasing is a key antecedent to consumption.

Objective

We set out to evaluate the effectiveness of grocery store interventions to change food purchasing, and to examine whether effectiveness varied based on intervention components, setting, or socioeconomic status.

Design

We conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (search performed June 2017). Studies must have: aimed to change food purchasing; been implemented in grocery stores (real or simulated); reported purchasing; and had a minimal control or compared interventions fulfilling our criteria. Searching, screening, bias assessment, and data extraction followed Cochrane methods. We grouped studies by intervention type (economic, e

SUBMITTER: Hartmann-Boyce J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5985731 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature