Supporting and promoting healthy eating within the food retail environment shows promise as a means topositively influence consumers’ consumption of nutritious foods. Social and physical environments influencefood choice. The efforts of many sectors, including food retail can help to create supportive environmentsto improve the nutritional health of Canadians. This report outlines trends influencing the food retailenvironment and consumer purchasing behaviour. It summarizes promising interventions from the literatureand profiles experiences from Canadian programs to help us understand how the food retail environmentcould support healthy eating. The report also provides suggestions for program development,implementation, and evaluation.
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ISBN | 9781100209739 |
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Date | 2013 |