The impact of financial incentives on participants' food purchasing patterns in a supermarket-based randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Olstad, Dana Lee ^a   Crawford, David A ^b   Abbott, Gavin ^b   McNaughton, Sarah A ^b   Le, Ha N D ^c   Ni Mhurchu, Cliona ^d   Pollard, Christina ^e   Ball, Kylie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food purchasing; Fruits and vegetables; Price reductions; Randomized controlled trial; Supermarket

Indexed keywords

CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PURCHASING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTRATION; SKILL; VEGETABLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SELF REPORT; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028297597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-017-0573-0     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Hawkes C. Dietary implications of supermarket development: a global perspective. Dev Policy Rev. 2008;26(6):657-92.
2. Zenk SN, Powell LM, Rimkus L, Isgor Z, Barker DC, Ohri-Vachaspati P, Chaloupka F. Relative and absolute availability of healthier food and beverage alternatives across communities in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2014;104(11):2170-8.
3. An R. Effectiveness of subsidies in promoting healthy food purchases and consumption: a review of field experiments. Public Health Nutr. 2013;16(7):1215-28.
4. Epstein LH, Jankowiak N, Nederkoorn C, Raynor HA, French SA, Finkelstein E. Experimental research on the relation between food price changes and food-purchasing patterns: a targeted review. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012;95(4):789-809.
5. Lee A, Mhurchu CN, Sacks G, Swinburn B, Snowdon W, Vandevijvere S, Hawkes C, L'Abbe M, Rayner M, Sanders D, et al. Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally. Obes Rev. 2013;14(Suppl 1):82-95.
6. Rehm CD, Monsivais P, Drewnowski A. Relation between diet cost and healthy eating index 2010 scores among adults in the United States 2007-2010. Prev Med. 2015;73:70-5.
7. Ball K, McNaughton S, Le H, Gold L, Ni Mhurchu C, Abbott G, Pollard C, Crawford D. Influence of price discounts and skill-building strategies on purchase and consumption of healthy food and beverages: outcomes of the supermarket healthy eating for life randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015;101(5):1055-64.
8. Ni Mhurchu C, Blakely T, Jiang Y, Eyles HC, Rodgers A. Effects of price discounts and tailored nutrition education on supermarket purchases: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010;91(3):736-47.
9. Phipps EJ, Braitman LE, Stites SD, Singletary SB, Wallace SL, Hunt L, Axelrod S, Glanz K, Uplinger N. Impact of a rewards-based incentive program on promoting fruit and vegetable purchases. Am J Public Health. 2015;105(1):166-72.
10. Waterlander WE, de Boer MR, Schuit AJ, Seidell JC, Steenhuis IH. Price discounts significantly enhance fruit and vegetable purchases when combined with nutrition education: a randomized controlled supermarket trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013;97(4):886-95.
11. Geliebter A, Ang IY, Bernales-Korins M, Hernandez D, Ochner CN, Ungredda T, Miller R, Kolbe L. Supermarket discounts of low-energy density foods: effects on purchasing, food intake, and body weight. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013;21(12):E542-8.
12. Olstad DL, Ball K, Abbott G, McNaughton SA, Le HN, Ni Mhurchu C, Pollard C, Crawford DA. A process evaluation of the supermarket healthy eating for life (SHELf) randomized controlled trial. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2016;13:27.
13. Ball K, McNaughton SA, Mhurchu CN, Andrianopoulos N, Inglis V, McNeilly B, Le HN, Leslie D, Pollard C, Crawford D. Supermarket healthy eating for life (SHELf): protocol of a randomised controlled trial promoting healthy food and beverage consumption through price reduction and skill-building strategies. BMC Public Health. 2011;11:715.
14. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Census of population and housing. Australia - , 2006. http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs.nsf/DetailsPage/2033.0.55.0012006?OpenDocument. Accessed 11 Apr 2015: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA); 2006. Data only
15. Hebert JR, Frongillo EA, Adams SA, Turner-McGrievy GM, Hurley TG, Miller DR, Ockene IS. Perspective: randomized controlled trials are not a panacea for diet-related research. Adv Nutr. 2016;7(3):423-32.
16. Sanson-Fisher RW, Bonevski B, Green LW, D'Este C. Limitations of the randomized controlled trial in evaluating population-based health interventions. Am J Prev Med. 2007;33(2):155-61.
17. Olsho LE, Klerman JA, Bartlett SH, Logan CW. Rebates to incentivize healthy nutrition choices in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Am J Prev Med. 2017;52(2S2):S161-70.
18. Nielsen. Nielsen Homescan Panel. https://www.homescan.com/panel/US/EN/Login.htm. Accessed 13 Apr 2015.
19. Ransley JK, Donnelly JK, Khara TN, Botham H, Arnot H, Greenwood DC, Cade JE. The use of supermarket till receipts to determine the fat and energy intake in a UK population. Public Health Nutr. 2001;4(6):1279-86.
20. Burney J, Haughton B. EFNEP: a nutrition education program that demonstrates cost-benefit. J Am Diet Assoc. 2002;102(1):39-45.
21. Foley RM, Pollard CM. Food cent$--implementing and evaluating a nutrition education project focusing on value for money. Aust N Z J Public Health. 1998;22(4):494-501.