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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR
Volume 37, Issue 1, Pages 56-61Publisher
PNG PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.37.1.6
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financial incentive; discount; diet; obesity
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- NCI NIH HHS [R21CA161287, R21 CA161287-01, R21 CA161287] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [R21 HD071568, R21HD071568] Funding Source: Medline
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Objectives: To examine whether reducing prices for healthy food purchases leads to changes in self-reported measures of food consumption and weight status. Methods: Repeated surveys of about 350,000 HealthyFood participants and nonparticipants. Results: Program participation is associated with more consumption of fruits/vegetables and whole-grain foods and less consumption of high sugar/salt foods, fried foods, processed meats, and fast food. There is no strong evidence that participation reduces obesity. Conclusions: A substantial price intervention might be effective in improving diets.
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