| Guiding stars: the effect of a nutrition navigation program on consumer purchases at the supermarket. | |
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PMID: 20147468 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: To improve diet quality and overall population health, the need to develop nutritional rating systems that are comprehensive in scope and easy for the consumer to understand and use at the point-of-purchase has emerged. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to examine the effect of a comprehensive storewide supermarket point-of-purchase nutrition navigation intervention by using a shelf-label 3-tiered star icon on consumer food and beverage choices and their associated nutritional quality. DESIGN: By using a natural experiment design, purchasing data from 2006 to 2008 were obtained from a Northeast supermarket chain with 168 stores located in northern New England and New York and examined at preimplementation and at 1- and 2-y follow-up periods. RESULTS: The nutrition navigation system studied showed significant changes in food purchasing immediately after implementation, and these changes continued to be significant 1 and 2 y later. When the same 8-mo period (January-August) each year was compared, in 2006, 24.50% of items purchased earned a star rating; this proportion increased to 24.98% (P < 0.001) and 25.89% (P < 0.0001) at the 1- and 2-y follow-up periods, respectively. For a 4-wk period, 1 y after program implementation, consumers purchased significantly more ready-to-eat cereals with stars (eg, less added sugars and more dietary fiber) and fewer no-star, high-sugar, low-fiber cereals. CONCLUSION: Increasing rates of obesity and declining diet quality for Americans strongly support the need for effective supermarket point-of-purchase programs, such as the Guiding Stars nutrition navigation program, that provide clear, concise, and simplified nutrition information to guide consumer food and beverage choices. |
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Lisa A Sutherland; Lori A Kaley; Leslie Fischer |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-02-10 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The American journal of clinical nutrition Volume: 91 ISSN: 1938-3207 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Clin. Nutr. Publication Date: 2010 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-03-22 Completed Date: 2010-04-07 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376027 Medline TA: Am J Clin Nutr Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1090S-1094S Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Community Health Research Program, Hood Center for Children Families, and the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. lisa.a.sutherland@dartmouth.edu |
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Consumer Health Information* Diet / economics, standards Food Labeling* Food Preferences* Food Supply Health Behavior* Health Promotion* Humans Nutritive Value United States |
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