Food-for-Families: Experimental Grocery Store Study
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss, Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/17/2018 |
| Start Date: | October 16, 2017 |
| End Date: | March 29, 2018 |
Food-for-Families: Relationship Between Income, Obesity, and Food Purchasing Using an Experimental Grocery Store Study
This is a study about how the price of foods affects buying choices at the grocery store. The
price of foods can have a big impact on what people choose to buy and prices change over
time. This study is being done to see how changes in food prices affect what mothers choose
for their families.
price of foods can have a big impact on what people choose to buy and prices change over
time. This study is being done to see how changes in food prices affect what mothers choose
for their families.
It is well known that the price of a given food affects the amount of that item individuals
will purchase. Yet little is known about how specific groups, such as obese/overweight
individuals and those with lower incomes, change their food purchasing decisions depending on
food price changes. Evidence shows that these groups have lower quality diets and worse
health outcomes than their normal weight and higher income counterparts. Therefore, it is
important to gain a better understanding of how food price changes affect purchasing
decisions among these population groups in order to develop targeted nutrition interventions
to improve their diet quality. To investigate this, the researchers will create a
laboratory-based grocery store, in which pictures of foods will be used in lieu of actual
foods. Food prices will be indicated on each picture. The participants will be given play
money and a budget, and asked to "purchase" foods in the mock grocery store. The price of
foods will be changed throughout the study to investigate how participants change their
purchasing decisions based on these price changes.
will purchase. Yet little is known about how specific groups, such as obese/overweight
individuals and those with lower incomes, change their food purchasing decisions depending on
food price changes. Evidence shows that these groups have lower quality diets and worse
health outcomes than their normal weight and higher income counterparts. Therefore, it is
important to gain a better understanding of how food price changes affect purchasing
decisions among these population groups in order to develop targeted nutrition interventions
to improve their diet quality. To investigate this, the researchers will create a
laboratory-based grocery store, in which pictures of foods will be used in lieu of actual
foods. Food prices will be indicated on each picture. The participants will be given play
money and a budget, and asked to "purchase" foods in the mock grocery store. The price of
foods will be changed throughout the study to investigate how participants change their
purchasing decisions based on these price changes.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Have at least one child up to 18 years of age residing in the household
- Primary grocery shopper for the household
- No health conditions or food practices that substantially limit food choice
- Not currently pregnant
- Consent to the study design
Exclusion Criteria:
- Male
- < 18 years of age
- Not a mother, or children not living with subject in their household
- No children below the age of 18 years of age
- Not the primary grocery shopper for their household
- Health conditions or food practices that substantially limit food choice
- Currently pregnant
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Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202
Phone: 701-795-8386
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