Journal article
Community-based restaurant interventions to promote healthy eating: a systematic review
Preventing chronic disease, v 12(5), pp E78-E78
21 May 2015
PMID: 25996986
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Abstract
Eating in restaurants is associated with high caloric intake. This review summarizes and evaluates the evidence supporting community-based restaurant interventions.
We searched all years of PubMed and Web of Knowledge through January 2014 for original articles describing or evaluating community-based restaurant interventions to promote healthy eating. We extracted summary information and classified the interventions into 9 categories according to the strategies implemented. A scoring system was adapted to evaluate the evidence, assigning 0 to 3 points to each intervention for study design, public awareness, and effectiveness. The average values were summed and then multiplied by 1 to 3 points, according to the volume of research available for each category. These summary scores were used to determine the level of evidence (insufficient, sufficient, or strong) supporting the effectiveness of each category.
This review included 27 interventions described in 25 studies published since 1979. Most interventions took place in exclusively urban areas of the United States, either in the West or the South. The most common intervention categories were the use of point-of-purchase information with promotion and communication (n = 6), and point-of-purchase information with increased availability of healthy choices (n = 6). Only the latter category had sufficient evidence. The remaining 8 categories had insufficient evidence because of interventions showing no, minimal, or mixed findings; limited reporting of awareness and effectiveness; low volume of research; or weak study designs. No intervention reported an average negative impact on outcomes.
Evidence about effective community-based strategies to promote healthy eating in restaurants is limited, especially for interventions in rural areas. To expand the evidence base, more studies should be conducted using robust study designs, standardized evaluation methods, and measures of sales, behavior, and health outcomes.
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- Title
- Community-based restaurant interventions to promote healthy eating: a systematic review
- Creators
- Jennifer N Valdivia Espino - University of Wisconsin–MadisonNatalie Guerrero - University of Wisconsin–MadisonNatalie Rhoads - University of Wisconsin–MadisonNorma-Jean Simon - University of Wisconsin–MadisonAnne L Escaron - University of California; Los Angeles CaliforniaAmy Meinen - University of Wisconsin–MadisonF Javier Nieto - University of Wisconsin–MadisonAna P Martinez-Donate - 610 Walnut St, 605 WARF, Madison, WI 53705, Email: martinezdona@wisc.edu.
- Publication Details
- Preventing chronic disease, v 12(5), pp E78-E78
- Grant note
- R25GM083252 / NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM083252 / NIGMS NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000356763400019
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84982076084
- Other Identifier
- 991020100188704721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health