Sanchez-Flack Jennifer, Pickrel Julie L, Belch George, Lin Shih-Fan, Anderson Cheryl A M, Martinez Maria Elena, Arredondo Elva M, Ayala Guadalupe X
Health Behavior and the Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University, University of California at San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 220, San Diego, CA 92123, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Oct 27;14(11):1305. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14111305.
Retail food environments have received attention for their influence on dietary behaviors and for their nutrition intervention potential. To improve diet-related behaviors, such as fruit and vegetable (FV) purchasing, it is important to examine its relationship with in-store environmental characteristics. This study used baseline data from the "" study to examine how in-store environmental characteristics, such as product availability, placement and promotion, were associated with FV purchasing among Hispanic customers in San Diego County. Mixed linear regression models indicated that greater availability of fresh FVs was associated with a $0.36 increase in FV purchasing ( = 0.01). Placement variables, specifically each additional square foot of display space dedicated to FVs ( = 0.01) and each additional fresh FV display ( = 0.01), were associated with a $0.02 increase and $0.29 decrease, respectively, in FV purchasing. Introducing FV promotions in the final model was not related to FV purchasing. Exploratory analyses indicated that men reported spending $3.69 fewer dollars on FVs compared to women, controlling for covariates ( = 0.02). These results can help inform interventions targeting in-store environmental characteristics to encourage FV purchasing among Hispanics.
零售食品环境因其对饮食行为的影响及其营养干预潜力而受到关注。为了改善与饮食相关的行为，如水果和蔬菜（FV）的购买，研究其与店内环境特征的关系很重要。本研究使用了“”研究的基线数据，以考察店内环境特征，如产品供应、摆放位置和促销活动，与圣地亚哥县西班牙裔顾客购买FV之间的关联。混合线性回归模型表明，新鲜FV供应增加与FV购买量增加0.36美元相关（=0.01）。摆放位置变量，具体而言，每增加一平方英尺专门用于FV的展示空间（=0.01）和每增加一个新鲜FV展示（=0.01），分别与FV购买量增加0.02美元和减少0.29美元相关。在最终模型中引入FV促销活动与FV购买量无关。探索性分析表明，在控制协变量的情况下，男性报告在FV上的花费比女性少3.69美元（=0.02）。这些结果有助于为针对店内环境特征的干预措施提供信息，以鼓励西班牙裔购买FV。
