Favorable Commercial and Health Behavior Impacts of a Healthy Vending Policy at an Australian University

Blake, Miranda; Peeters, Anna; Livaditis, Chris; Cameron, Adrian J.

doi:10.1016/j.jand.2021.04.013

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“…Of the twenty-six initiatives, ten were implemented in the USA (45,47,51,52,58,65,66,70,78,81) , seven in Australia (12,43,44,46,53,60,79) , five in the UK (42,54,68,76,80) , two in Canada (13,56,62) , one in Germany (14) and one in South Africa (39) .…”

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The use of private regulatory measures to create healthy food retail environments: a scoping review

Dancey,

Reeve,

Jones

et al. 2024

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Different forms of public and private regulation have been used to improve the healthiness of food retail environments. The aim of this scoping review was to systematically examine the types of private regulatory measures used to create healthy food retail environments, the reporting of the processes of implementation, monitoring, review and enforcement, and the barriers to and enablers of these. Design: Scoping review using the Johanna Briggs Institute guidelines. Ovid Medline, Psych Info, Embase, Cinahl Plus, Business Source Complete, and Scopus databases were searched in October 2020 and again in September 2023 using terms for ‘food retail’, ‘regulation’ and ‘nutrition’. Regulatory measure type was described by Domain and Mechanism. Deductive thematic analysis was used to identify reported barriers and enablers to effective regulatory governance processes using a public health law framework. Setting: Food retail. Participants: Food retail settings using private regulatory measures to create healthier food retail environments. Results: 17694 articles were screened and 35 included for review from six countries, with all articles published since 2011. Articles reporting on 26 unique private regulatory measures cited a mix of voluntary (n=16), mandatory (n=6) measures, both (n=2), or did not disclose (n=2). Articles frequently reported on implementation (34/35), with less reporting on the other regulatory governance processes of monitoring (15/35), review (6/35) and enforcement (2/35). Conclusions: We recommend more attention be paid to reporting on the monitoring, review and enforcement processes used in private regulation to promote further progress in improving the healthiness of food retail environments.

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“…Mandatory for vending and hospital owned food outlets. Voluntary for privately owned food retail Blake, 2021 (44) University, researchers and vending machine supplier (changes to marketing)…”

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The use of private regulatory measures to create healthy food retail environments: a scoping review

Dancey,

Reeve,

Jones

et al. 2024

Public Health Nutr.

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“…The fourth article reported significant increases in the scores secured by the students in questionnaires administered before and after the intervention, which measured their attitudes toward and perceptions of eating homemade meals (Mcdonough, 2014). One study reported a 93.2% increase in the sale of green beverages following the intervention (Blake et al , 2021). Participants choose meals with favorable scores more frequently without reducing the amount of food consumed (Monroe et al , 2015).…”

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Promoting sustainable consumption among university students: a systematic literature review

Herrera Burstein,

Goñi Avila

2023

IJSHE

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Purpose This study aims to identify and analyze research that promotes sustainable consumption among university students, understand what areas of consumption were addressed, how consumption was intended to become more sustainable and what results were reported. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review was conducted using the Scopus and Web of Science databases and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses methodology. Main criteria for inclusion were focus on changing the consumption behavior of university students, not just diagnosing them, and that students were directly involved in the efforts. Findings A total of 1,619 articles were extracted, and 34 were included in the study. These selected investigations conducted between 2012 and 2022 focused on areas of consumption such as food, plastic waste, fashion, energy and water. Sustainable consumption was promoted through training programs ranging from one-hour seminars to full-semester courses, marketing and communication campaigns and direct experimentation and interventions. Most articles reported positive results. Research limitations/implications This study is limited to research carried out to reduce current consumption by university students; it does not include research aimed at improving students’ professional skills for promoting sustainable consumption. Practical implications This study compiles previous research on reducing consumption by university students in a structured manner according to the consumption area, applied strategy and the results obtained. Originality/value This research is unique and will serve as a source of inspiration and consultation for academics and university managers concerned about human consumption. It presents successful projects and strategies that can be implemented in their own universities to make their students’ consumption more sustainable.

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“…Government (or public) regulation has also been used to create healthier food retail environments in certain settings speci cally, for example by mandating food and menu labelling and creating policies to restrict the sale of unhealthy food and drinks [13][14][15]. Nongovernment actors, however, also use regulation to create healthier food retail environments such as the food industry's self-regulatory reformulation initiatives to lower salt or sugar in food and drinks, and the use of regulation in the form of leases, contracts and policies to create healthier food retail outlets, canteens and vending by other, non-food industries (such as health services, universities and sports centres) [16][17][18][19]. These forms of regulation are referred to in this article as private regulation, and contracts speci cally, are the focus of our analysis.A signi cant body of literature exists on the use of public regulation to create healthy food retail environments [20].…”

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“…There has been moderate success with the use of contracts to transition away from vending machines stocking unhealthy, ultra-processed food and drinks in large and diverse settings, such as schools, hospitals/health services, workplaces and universities, to vending machines that stock healthier food and drink options [15,17,27]. However, in a systematic scoping review of the types and governance of private regulatory measures used to create healthy food retail environments, we found published information regarding the implementation of private regulation but very little detail about the other governance mechanisms of monitoring, review and enforcement, which evidence suggests, are important for effective implementation and impact [21,24,25].…”

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The use of contracts as a form of private regulation to implement and manage healthy vending: best practice recommendations for effective and sustained interventions

Dancey

Reeve

Jones³

et al. 2023

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Background: Private regulation, such as contracts, can be an effective lever to implement and manage health-enabling food retail environments. However, guidance for the effective use of contracts in food retail settings is limited. The use of contracts to create healthy food vending environments is one area where policy attention has been focussed. We applied a public health regulatory framework to publicly available guidance documents on healthy vending to develop best practice recommendations for using contracts to create healthy food vending environments. Methods: Document analysis involved i) snowball sampling to identify eligible publicly available healthy vending guidance documents from an identified seed paper; ii) application of a public health regulatory framework to extract data across three domains of form, substance and governance of healthy vending initiatives; and iii) synthesis of data to form best practice recommendations. Eligible documents were those aimed at implementing healthier vending; published from 2000 onwards; accessible online; and included recommendations beyond nutrition standards alone, including a reference to at least one regulatory governance process (administration, implementation, monitoring, enforcement or review). Results: Twelve of 92 documents identified were eligible and all were from the United States (US). All noted that products need to comply with nutrition standards. Other aspects of regulatory substance (i.e., pricing, promotion, placement, labelling and contract length) were less well considered as were elements of regulatory governance (regulatory rules, administration, implementation, monitoring, enforcement and review). Our adapted framework covers three regulatory domains with nine components, and a further 20 recommendations for best practice application in healthy vending. Conclusions: To be effective, contracts used to manage healthy food vending should include more than the nutrition standards for healthy food and drinks. Clearly stating the regulatory objectives, operative terms and conditions, and defining responsibilities for monitoring, review and enforcement within the contract, in addition to the nutrition standards, will assist practitioners in creating effective and sustained contract-based initiatives aimed at improving the healthiness of vending, or other food retail environments.

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Favorable Commercial and Health Behavior Impacts of a Healthy Vending Policy at an Australian University

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

The use of private regulatory measures to create healthy food retail environments: a scoping review

The use of private regulatory measures to create healthy food retail environments: a scoping review

Promoting sustainable consumption among university students: a systematic literature review

The use of contracts as a form of private regulation to implement and manage healthy vending: best practice recommendations for effective and sustained interventions

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