scholarly journals A Market Basket Assessment: Prices and Availability of Healthy Foods Across SNAP-Authorized Food Outlets in Counties With High Obesity Rates in Mississippi

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Canales ◽  
Linlin Fan ◽  
David R. Buys ◽  
Marven D. Cantave
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Market Basket ◽  
Food Outlets

scholarly journals Exploring Student Food Behaviour in Relation to Food Retail over the Time of Implementing Ontario’s School Food and Beverage Policy

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (14) ◽  
pp. 2563
Author(s):  
Rhona M. Hanning ◽  
Henry Luan ◽  
Taryn A. Orava ◽  
Renata F. Valaitis ◽  
James K. H. Jung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fast Food ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
School Food ◽  
Food Retail ◽  
Food Outlets ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Fast Food Restaurants ◽  
Access To Food

Background: Canadian provincial policies, like Ontario’s School Food and Beverage Policy (P/PM 150), increasingly mandate standards for food and beverages offered for sale at school. Given concerns regarding students leaving school to purchase less healthy foods, we examined student behaviours and competitive food retail around schools in a large urban region of Southern Ontario. Methods: Using a geographic information system (GIS), we enumerated food outlets (convenience stores, fast-food restaurants, full-service restaurants) within 500, 1000 and 1500 m of all 389 regional schools spanning years of policy implementation. Consenting grade 6–10 students within 31 randomly selected schools completed a web-based 24-h diet recall (WEB-Q) and questionnaire. Results: Food outlet numbers increased over time (p < 0.01); post-policy, within 1000 m, they averaged 27.31 outlets, with a maximum of 65 fast-food restaurants around one school. Of WEB-Q respondents (n = 2075, mean age = 13.4 ± 1.6 years), those who ate lunch at a restaurant/take-out (n = 84, 4%) consumed significantly more energy (978 vs. 760 kcal), sodium (1556 vs. 1173 mg), and sugar (44.3 vs. 40.1 g). Of elementary and secondary school respondents, 22.1% and 52.4% reported ever eating at fast food outlets during school days. Conclusions: Students have easy access to food retail in school neighbourhoods. The higher energy, sodium and sugar of these options present a health risk.

scholarly journals Healthiness of foods on promotional flyers of fast-food outlets located within Accra-based shopping malls

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Patience Tsrah ◽  
Wilhemina Quarpong ◽  
Amos Laar
Keyword(s):  
Fast Food ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
High Sodium ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Food Outlets ◽  
Purchasing Behaviour

Background It is argued, rather controversially, that shopping malls and fast food outlets promote unhealthy foods more heavily than healthy ones. Promotional flyers are one of many strategies usually deployed to influence purchasing behaviours. We aimed to assess the healthiness of foods on promotional flyers of food outlets located within shopping malls in Ghana’s capital city, Accra. Methods We conducted a content analysis of promotional flyers obtained from all fast food outlets located within Accra-based shopping malls. Food promotions on flyers (n=32) were sampled using a composite week sampling technique. Collected via mystery shopping, all promoted foods were evaluated for healthiness. Healthy foods/food groups were defined as products which help prevent diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Results All (100%) of the foods (n=79) on the promoted flyers were unhealthy–comprising high sodium/saturated fats (n=36), high sodium exclusively (n=40) and high in added sugar foods (n=3). These unhealthy foods were greatly discounted (average percentage discount was 27.5%). This price benefit (54.0%) and puffery size (34.0%) were the major claims associated with the promoted foods. Conclusions Our data show that food outlets within Accra-based shopping malls promote via flyers unhealthy food items that are greatly discounted. This strategy may influence purchasing behaviour and consumption. The causal relationship between the promotion of unhealthy foods and NCDs deserves evaluation in Ghana.

scholarly journals Geographic measures of retail food outlets and perceived availability of healthy foods in neighbourhoods

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 1368-1374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy L Barnes ◽  
Darcy A Freedman ◽  
Bethany A Bell ◽  
Natalie Colabianchi ◽  
Angela D Liese
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Food Outlets ◽  
Perceived Availability ◽  
Retail Food

AbstractObjectiveTo examine associations between geographic measures of retail food outlets and perceived availability of healthy foods.DesignCross-sectional.SettingA predominantly rural, eight-county region of South Carolina, USA.SubjectsData from 705 household shoppers were analysed using ordinary least-squares regression to examine relationships between geographic measures (presence and distance) of food outlets obtained via a geographic information system and perceived availability of healthy foods (fresh fruits and vegetables and low-fat foods).ResultsThe presence of a supermarket within an 8·05 km (5-mile) buffer area was significantly associated with perceived availability of healthy foods (β=1·09, P=0·025) when controlling for all other food outlet types. However, no other derived geographic presence measures were significant predictors of perceived availability of healthy foods. Distances to the nearest supermarket (β=−0·16, P=0·003), dollar and variety store (β=−0·15, P=0·005) and fast-food restaurant (β=0·11, P=0·015) were all significantly associated with perceptions of healthy food availability.ConclusionsOur results suggest that distance to food outlets is a significant predictor of healthy food perceptions, although presence is sensitive to boundary size. Our study contributes to the understanding and improvement of techniques that characterize individuals’ food options in their community.

Macho Nachos

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 182-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke (Lei) Zhu ◽  
Victoria L. Brescoll ◽  
George E. Newman ◽  
Eric Luis Uhlmann
Keyword(s):  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Food Packaging ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Psychological Reactance ◽  
Unhealthy Food ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Gender Schema ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Schema Congruity

Abstract. The present studies examine how culturally held stereotypes about gender (that women eat more healthfully than men) implicitly influence food preferences. In Study 1, priming masculinity led both male and female participants to prefer unhealthy foods, while priming femininity led both male and female participants to prefer healthy foods. Study 2 extended these effects to gendered food packaging. When the packaging and healthiness of the food were gender schema congruent (i.e., feminine packaging for a healthy food, masculine packaging for an unhealthy food) both male and female participants rated the product as more attractive, said that they would be more likely to purchase it, and even rated it as tasting better compared to when the product was stereotype incongruent. In Study 3, packaging that explicitly appealed to gender stereotypes (“The muffin for real men”) reversed the schema congruity effect, but only among participants who scored high in psychological reactance.

MODEL SISTEM INFORMASI PEMASARAN SEBAGAI PENUNJANG KEPUTUSAN PROMOSI PRODUK MENGGUNAKAN ALGORITMA MAX -MINER

ICIT Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-104
Author(s):  
Fernando Siboro ◽  
Capri Eriansyah ◽  
Muhammad Adi Sofyan
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Market Basket Analysis ◽  
Market Basket

Teknologi informasi saat ini terus berkembang semakin cepat, membuat pola berfikir manusia berubah, dengan proses pertumbuhan yang seperti ini, generasi akan datang diharuskan mempunyai keahlian yang lebih baik di bidang pemanfaatan teknologi informasi. Kebutuhan adanya kemudahan dari segi pemasaran, saat ini dirasa sangat penting, terutama bagi perusahaan yang bergerak dibidang penjulan atau distributor guna menunjang meningkatkan akurasi dan kualitas pemasaran itu sendiri. Namun pada kenyataanya, sistem yang berjalan masih tergolong kurang efektif dan efesien dalam melayani kebutuhan pelanggan, hal ini dikarenakan sistem pemasaran produk hanya bisa diakses secara manual, dan belum adanya media informasi seputar produk yang ditawarkan, oleh sebab itu dibuatlah suatu perancangan sistem informasi yang mengatur pemasaran produk dan dapat menjadi bahan dalam pembuatan laporan sistem penunjang keputusan. Dalam perancangan ini menggunakan metode data mining market basket analysis dan Max-Miner sebagai algoritma. Serta menggunakan metode penerapan sistem waterfall atau sering dinamakan siklus hidup klasik (classic life cycle). Dengan demikian rancang bangun sistem informasi ini, mengacu kepada bagaimana cara agar pemasaran produk dapat di akses dengan mudah, cepat, dan akurat dimanapun dan kapanpun, calon customer dapat mengakses tanpa terkendala waktu dan tempat, serta menjadi wadah dalam pengambilan keputusan oleh perusahaan. Metodologi desain menggunakan uml yang melimuti usecase, activity, squence dan untuk pengelolaan basis data menggunakan mysql. Sistem ini diharapkan mampu dijadikan salah satu penunjang keputusan untuk kebutuhan promosi produk. Kata Kunci: Penunjang pemasaran, promosi produk, algoritma Max-Miner

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