Comparison of price change and health message interventions in promoting healthy food choices.
Journal Article (Clinical Trial;Journal Article)
This study examines the feasibility and effectiveness of an environmental intervention for improving diet by comparing the impact of health messages, lowered prices, and their combination on the purchase of healthy food items in a restaurant. Price decreases alone, rather than a combination of price decreases and health messages, were associated with a higher level of increased purchases of some healthy food items as compared with control items over a 4-month period. Price decreases may be a more powerful means than health messages of increasing consumption of healthy foods. Health messages may have paradoxical effects if foods labeled as healthy are assumed to taste bad.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Horgen, KB; Brownell, KD
Published Date
- September 2002
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 21 / 5
Start / End Page
- 505 - 512
PubMed ID
- 12211518
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1930-7810
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0278-6133
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1037//0278-6133.21.5.505
Language
- eng