Placement and promotion strategies to increase sales of healthier products in supermarkets in low-income, ethnically diverse neighborhoods: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1359-1368

  Foster, Gary D ^a   Karpyn, Allison ^b   Wojtanowski, Alexis C ^a   Davis, Erica ^c   Weiss, Stephanie ^b   Brensinger, Colleen ^c   Tierney, Ann ^c   Guo, Wensheng ^c   Brown, Jeffery ^d   Spross, Carly ^e   Leuchten, Donna ^f   Burns, Patrick J ^e   Glanz, Karen ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Food Trust   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Brown's Super Stores Inc   (United States)

^e Fresh Grocer   (United States)

^f Uplift Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CEREAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD FREEZING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARKET; MARKETING; MILK; MINORITY GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PURCHASING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URBAN AREA; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; RISK; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DELAWARE; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PENNSYLVANIA; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84901670062     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.075572     Document Type: Article

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