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

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1004-1016

  Hartmann Boyce, Jamie ^a   Bianchi, Filippo ^a   Piernas, Carmen ^a   Riches, Sarah Payne ^a   Frie, Kerstin ^a   Nourse, Rebecca ^a   Jebb, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behavior change; diet; food purchasing; grocery stores; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DIET; EDUCATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PURCHASING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIMULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85048686391     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy045     Document Type: Article

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