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A 2-Phase Labeling and Choice Architecture Intervention to Improve Healthy Food and Beverage Choices
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Objectives. We assessed whether a 2-phase labeling and choice architecture intervention would increase sales of healthy food and beverages in a large hospital cafeteria. Methods. Phase 1 was a 3-month color-coded labeling intervention (red = unhealthy, yellow = less healthy, green = healthy). Phase 2 added a 3-month choice architecture intervention that increased the visibility and convenience of some green items. We compared relative changes in 3-month sales from baseline to phase 1 and from phase 1 to phase 2. Results. At baseline (977 793 items, including 199 513 beverages), 24.9% of sales were red and 42.2% were green. Sales of red items decreased in both phases (P < .001), and green items increased in phase 1 (P < .001). The largest changes occurred among beverages. Red beverages decreased 16.5% during phase 1 (P < .001) and further decreased 11.4% in phase 2 (P < .001). Green beverages increased 9.6% in phase 1 (P < .001) and further increased 4.0% in phase 2 (P < .001). Bottled water increased 25.8% during phase 2 (P < .001) but did not increase at 2 on-site comparison cafeterias (P < .001). Conclusions. A color-coded labeling intervention improved sales of healthy items and was enhanced by a choice architecture intervention.
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“While behavioral economic approaches have been examined for school lunch programs, nutrition assistance programs, and hospital cafeterias (Just, Mancino, and Wansink 2007; Thorndike et al. 2012), few studies have examined healthy defaults as applied to food selection in different types of restaurants.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Thorndike, A. N., Sonnenberg, L., Riis, J., Barraclough, S., & Levy, D. E.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 2012-03
- Volume
- 102
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 527-533
- ISSN
- 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-0048
- PMC
- PMC3329221
- OpenAlex
- W2118495149
- Cited by
- 405
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 76 · 2019: 42 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 35 · 2015: 40 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 29.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- American Heart Association
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Harvard Catalyst
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K23HL093221, 1 K23HL93221)
- National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR025758)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Keywords
- choice architecture, hospital cafeterias, bottled water consumption, food environment
- MeSH terms
- Beverages, Boston, Choice Behavior, Color, Food, Food Service, Hospital, Hospitals, General, Humans, Male, Product Labeling
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