Journal article
Healthy-canteen displays: A tactic to encourage community sport canteens to provide healthier food and beverage options
GL Trakman, KJ Staley, A Forsyth, BL Devlin, A Skiadopoulos, K Pearce, MG Nicholson, R Belski
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | MDPI | Published : 2021
Abstract
(1) Background: Community sport settings present a range of conflicting health behav-iours, including the tension between being physically active and consuming discretionary foods. Therefore, community sport settings are considered a promising location for health promotion. The aim of this project was to evaluate perceptions, knowledge and the impact (e.g., barriers and out-comes) of a healthy-canteen (cafeteria) display, based on traffic light labeling (TLL), which was set up at an Australian Basketball Association Managers’ Convention and Trade Show. (2) Methods: We set up a healthy ‘canteen display and surveyed Basketball managers on their perceptions of the display before (Survey 1) and ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The evaluation of the State Sport Program-Healthy Choices initiative was initiated and funded by VicHealth. VicHealth had no involvement in study design, or in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data. The authors have no competing interest to declare.