Costing ‘healthy’ food baskets in Australia – a systematic review of food price and affordability monitoring tools, protocols and methods

Lewis, Meron; Lee, Amanda

doi:10.1017/s1368980016002160

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“…Despite the establishment of food and nutrition surveillance programs in the US, 46 UK, 47 and New Zealand, 48 food monitoring in Australia has lacked coordination and consistency 49,50 . To date, food basket surveys have used different tools and methods and have been undertaken in different jurisdictions 21,50 .…”

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Socioeconomic differences in the cost, availability and quality of healthy food in Sydney

Crawford

Byun

Mitchell

et al. 2017

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objective: To compare the cost of a basket of staple foods, together with the availability and quality of fresh fruit and vegetables, by supermarket store type in high and low socioeconomic suburbs of Sydney.Methods: A food basket survey was undertaken in 100 supermarkets in the 20 highest and 20 lowest socioeconomic suburbs of Sydney. We assessed the cost of 46 foods, the range of 30 fresh fruit and vegetables and the quality of ten fresh fruit and vegetables. Two major supermarket retailers, a discount supermarket chain and independent grocery stores were surveyed. Results:The food basket was significantly cheaper in low compared to high socioeconomic suburbs ($177 vs $189, p<0.01). Discount supermarkets were at least 30% cheaper than other supermarket stores. There were fewer varieties and poorer quality fruit and vegetables in stores in low socioeconomic suburbs. Conclusions:Food basket prices and the availability and quality of fruit and vegetables varied significantly by store type and socioeconomic status of suburb. Implications for public health:A nationwide food and nutrition surveillance system is required to inform public health policy and practice initiatives. In addition to the food retail environment, these initiatives must address the underlying contributors to inequity and food insecurity for disadvantaged groups.

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Socioeconomic differences in the cost, availability and quality of healthy food in Sydney

Crawford

Byun

Mitchell

et al. 2017

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…Based on this research, we developed a nationally standardised tool for determining the price and affordability of healthy and unhealthy diets. 21,22 The challenges Establishing a 5-year program of work taking a systems approach to prevention, grounded in partnership research, has provided many learnings. The size and complexity of the program of work we undertook was substantial.…”

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Partnering to prevent chronic disease: reflections and achievements from The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

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Wilson²,

Rowbotham³

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Public Health Res Pract

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“…A number of recent systematic reviews have been conducted to synthesize the consumer nutrition environment literature in this emerging field (). However, none of these reviews have addressed all four domains that can influence food purchasing and eating patterns (i.e.…”

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“…product, price, placement and promotion). Furthermore, they have focused on a specific outcome such as diet or childhood overweight and obesity (18)(19)(20)24), the measurement of consumer nutrition environments (21)(22)(23) or interventions (14)(15)(16). Most of the studies included in these reviews have been conducted in the USA.…”

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What is known about consumer nutrition environments in Australia? A scoping review of the literature

Pulker

Thornton

Trapp

2018

Obesity Science & Practice

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SummaryObjectiveFood environments can influence food selection and hold the potential to reduce obesity, non‐communicable diseases and their inequalities. ‘Consumer nutrition environments’ describe what consumers encounter within a food retail outlet, including products, price, promotion and placement. This study aimed to summarize the attributes that have been examined in existing peer‐reviewed studies of Australian consumer nutrition environments, identify knowledge gaps and provide recommendations for future research.MethodsA systematic search of peer‐reviewed literature was conducted. Sixty‐six studies that assessed an aspect of within‐store consumer nutrition environments were included.ResultsMost studies were published from 2011 onwards and were conducted in capital cities and in supermarkets. Studies assessed the domains of product (40/66), price (26/66), promotion (16/66) and placement (6/66). The most common research themes identified were assessment of the impact of area socioeconomic status (13/66), remoteness (9/66) and food outlet type (7/66) on healthy food prices; change in price of healthy foods (6/66); variety of healthy foods (5/66); and prevalence of unhealthy child‐orientated products (5/66).ConclusionsThis scoping review identified a large number of knowledge gaps. Recommended priorities for researchers are as follows: (1) develop consistent observational methodology, (2) consider consumer nutrition environments in rural and remote communities, (3) develop an understanding of food service outlets, (4) build on existing evidence in all four domains of product, price, placement and promotion and (5) determine effective policy and store‐based interventions to increase healthy food selection.

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Costing ‘healthy’ food baskets in Australia – a systematic review of food price and affordability monitoring tools, protocols and methods

Cited by 42 publications

References 31 publications

Socioeconomic differences in the cost, availability and quality of healthy food in Sydney

Socioeconomic differences in the cost, availability and quality of healthy food in Sydney

Partnering to prevent chronic disease: reflections and achievements from The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

What is known about consumer nutrition environments in Australia? A scoping review of the literature

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