Healthy Food Decisions Can Start at the Grocery Checkout

A new study shows how putting candy far from the checkouts makes people buy less of it. View in browser

Image credits: Thaiview/Shutterstock Healthy Food Decisions Can Start at the Grocery Checkout A new study shows how putting candy far from the checkouts makes people buy less of it. Katharine Gammon, Contributor September 7, 2021                                                                                                                                                                                (Inside Science) -- It doesn't take much to nudge people into making healthier choices at the grocery store -- just removing confectionery and other unhealthy products from checkouts and the ends of nearby aisles and placing fruit and vegetables near store entrances have a real impact on what people buy. That's the key finding from a new study published today in the journal PLOS Medicine. Very few people in the U.K. (and around the globe) eat enough fruit and vegetables, said Christine Vogel, a public health nutrition researcher at Southampton University, who co-authored the study. Instead of blaming consumers or the cost of fresh food, Vogel said, she is really interested in looking at the food environment -- the places where people get their food, especially supermarkets where many families buy most of what they eat... Read more Copyright 2021 American Institute of Physics. Inside Science syndicates its articles, columns, blogs and videos to news organizations. To initiate syndication, or request permission to republish our content (on a one-time or continuing basis), please contact Inside Science at insidescience@aip.org. News organizations seeking permission to republish Inside Science content must fully credit Inside Science as the original source of the content, include the author byline, and republish the original, unaltered form (excluding content titles, headlines, or sub-headlines). The reprint format can be seen here. Copyright conditions and usage terms are subject to change at any time without consent or any type of prior notice. To unsubscribe from all future mailings from Inside Science please click here. To manage your email subscriptions please click here.

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