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Food pantry selection solutions: a randomized controlled trial in client-choice food pantries to nudge clients to targeted foods.

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Wilson, NLW; Just, DR; Swigert, J; Wansink, B
Published in: Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
June 2017

Food pantries and food banks are interested in cost-effective methods to encourage the selection of targeted foods without restricting choices. Thus, this study evaluates the effectiveness of nudges toward targeted foods.In October/November 2014, we manipulated the display of a targeted product in a New York State food pantry. We evaluated the binary choice of the targeted good when we placed it in the front or the back of the category line (placement order) and when we presented the product in its original box or unboxed (packaging).The average uptake proportion for the back treatment was 0.231, 95% CI = 0.179, 0.29, n = 205, and for the front treatment, the proportion was 0.337, 95% CI = 0.272, 0.406, n = 238 with an odds ratio of 1.688, 95% CI = 1.088, 2.523. The average uptake for the unboxed treatment was 0.224, 95% CI = 0.174, 0.280, n = 255, and for the boxed intervention, the proportion was 0.356, 95% CI = 0.288, 0.429, n = 188 with an odds ratio of 1.923, 95% CI = 1.237, 2.991.Nudges increased uptake of the targeted food. The findings also hold when we control for a potential confounder. Low cost and unobtrusive nudges can be effective tools for food pantry organizers to encourage the selection of targeted foods.NCT02403882.

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Journal of public health (Oxford, England)

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1741-3850

ISSN

1741-3842

Publication Date

June 2017

Volume

39

Issue

2

Start / End Page

366 / 372

Related Subject Headings

  • Vegetables
  • Public Health
  • New York
  • Middle Aged
  • Marketing
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Promotion
  • Fruit
  • Food Preferences
 

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Wilson, N. L. W., Just, D. R., Swigert, J., & Wansink, B. (2017). Food pantry selection solutions: a randomized controlled trial in client-choice food pantries to nudge clients to targeted foods. Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England), 39(2), 366–372. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdw043
Wilson, Norbert L. W., David R. Just, Jeffery Swigert, and Brian Wansink. “Food pantry selection solutions: a randomized controlled trial in client-choice food pantries to nudge clients to targeted foods.Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England) 39, no. 2 (June 2017): 366–72. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdw043.
Wilson NLW, Just DR, Swigert J, Wansink B. Food pantry selection solutions: a randomized controlled trial in client-choice food pantries to nudge clients to targeted foods. Journal of public health (Oxford, England). 2017 Jun;39(2):366–72.
Wilson, Norbert L. W., et al. “Food pantry selection solutions: a randomized controlled trial in client-choice food pantries to nudge clients to targeted foods.Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England), vol. 39, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 366–72. Epmc, doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdw043.
Wilson NLW, Just DR, Swigert J, Wansink B. Food pantry selection solutions: a randomized controlled trial in client-choice food pantries to nudge clients to targeted foods. Journal of public health (Oxford, England). 2017 Jun;39(2):366–372.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of public health (Oxford, England)

DOI

EISSN

1741-3850

ISSN

1741-3842

Publication Date

June 2017

Volume

39

Issue

2

Start / End Page

366 / 372

Related Subject Headings

  • Vegetables
  • Public Health
  • New York
  • Middle Aged
  • Marketing
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Promotion
  • Fruit
  • Food Preferences