Store Impulse Marketing Strategies and Body Mass Index

We quantified the use of placement and price reduction marketing strategies in different food retail outlets to identify associations between these strategies and the risk of overweight and obesity among customers. In 2011 we collected dietary and health information from 1372 residents in "food...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2015-07, Vol.105 (7), p.1446-1452
Main Authors: Cohen, Deborah A, Collins, Rebecca, Hunter, Gerald, Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie, Dubowitz, Tamara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Beverages
Body Mass Index
Carbonated Beverages - economics
Chronic Disease
Commerce
Diet
Environment
Environmental health
Female
Food
Food - economics
Food deserts
Food Preferences
Food Supply - economics
Food Supply - methods
Fruits
Health Policy
Humans
Low income groups
Male
Market strategy
Marketing
Marketing - methods
Middle Aged
Neighborhoods
Nutrients
Nutrition/Food
Obesity
Obesity - etiology
Obesity/Overweight/Underweight
Oils & fats
Overweight
Prevention
Public health
Research and Practice
Risk factors
Sales
Shopping
Studies
Sugar
Supermarkets
Tobacco
Vegetables
Young Adult
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Summary:We quantified the use of placement and price reduction marketing strategies in different food retail outlets to identify associations between these strategies and the risk of overweight and obesity among customers. In 2011 we collected dietary and health information from 1372 residents in "food deserts" in Pittsburgh, PA. We audited neighborhood restaurants and food stores (n = 40) including 16 distant food venues at which residents reported shopping. We assessed end-aisle displays, special floor displays, cash register displays, and price reductions for sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs); foods high in saturated oils, fats, and added sugars; and nutritious foods such as fruits, vegetables, and products with at least 51% whole grains. Supermarkets and superstores had the largest numbers of displays and price reductions for low-nutrient foods. Exposure to displays of SSBs and foods high in saturated oils, fats, and added sugars and price reduction of SSBs was associated with increased body mass index. In-store marketing strategies of low-nutrient foods appear to be risk factors for a higher body mass index among regular shoppers. Future research is needed to confirm the causal role of marketing strategies in obesity.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302220