Price Changes and Nutrient Profiling Among Adult Grocery Shoppers

Price Changes and Nutrient Profiling Among Adult Grocery Shoppers

The purpose of the research is to examine the association between price changes, nutrient profiling, and grocery food purchases among household grocery shoppers.

Participants will be asked to select a week's worth of groceries for their household from a virtual online grocery store. Shoppers will be randomly assigned to one of four conditions (control, nutrient profiling, price change, nutrient profiling and price change).

Inclusion Criteria:

• primary household grocery shopper
• at least 19 years old
• one or more child (2-18yrs) living full time in the household

Exclusion Criteria:

• not the primary household grocery shopper
• no dietary, medical, or psychopathology conditions that could interfere with the study
• under the age 19
• no children (2-18yrs) living full time in the household