Substituting sugar confectionery with fruit and healthy snacks at checkout - A win-win strategy for consumers and food stores? a study on consumer attitudes and sales effects of a healthy supermarket intervention

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Winkler, Lise L ^a   Christensen, Ulla ^b   Glümer, Charlotte ^a   Bloch, Paul ^c   Mikkelsen, Bent E ^d   Wansink, Brian ^e   Toft, Ulla ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Checkout aisle; Consumer research; Environmental intervention; Field study; Food environment; Food stores; In store marketing; Nutrition; Participatory approach

Indexed keywords

SUGAR INTAKE;

ADULT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DENMARK; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85011273441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3849-4     Document Type: Article

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