Behavioral economic intervention of online purchasing at a food pantry for Food Preferences

"The most frequent food preferences among US adults are vegetables for men and women and sweets plus fat for women. These preferences are prevalent when considering one's health and eating behaviors. However, many people don't have these preferences. For example, about two-thirds of Americans are vegetarians but about half do not prefer vegetables and another quarter don't like sweets and fat. Even more, about 30% do not prefer sweets and fat at all. These food preferences in the United States suggest that there is room for improvement in both the food choices of adults and people's eating behaviors." - Anonymous Online Contributor

"Food preferences are complex behaviours in human beings that can provide helpful insights into the nature of food intake in human beings and its relations to the maintenance, promotion and disruption of optimal health." - Anonymous Online Contributor

"Children with food preferences have high levels of physiological responses and preferences associated with higher emotional reward. Furthermore, these food preferences develop in an environment of food deprivation in infancy. Data from a recent study imply that a physiological state similar to malnutrition can be the basis for food preferences in healthy developing children." - Anonymous Online Contributor

"The fact that food preference can be cured and also that patients with [food allergy](https://www.withpower.com/clinical-trials/food-allergy) choose foods with lesser allergenicity suggests that food preference to certain foods may improve after long-term dieting." - Anonymous Online Contributor

"The most common treatment for food preferences is to prescribe specific types of food based on a patient's dietary history and a comprehensive nutritional assessment. Clinicians may also treat food preferences in conjunction with the prescription of a normal dietary program." - Anonymous Online Contributor

"Children ate more foods that they liked, even when they had negative preferences for other foods. This suggests that preferences may not be determined by a child's developmental stage and that children may form their own unique food values through experience. Results from a recent clinical trial contribute to the ongoing debate around what and how children are learning." - Anonymous Online Contributor

"There is evidence that some of the reported food preferences of children may be influenced by parents' preferences; however, these food preferences may not reflect long-term dietary behaviors. It is, therefore, recommended that food preferences be assessed over a long period of time. Longitudinal food intake study programs require the assessment of food preferences and dietary intake over time." - Anonymous Online Contributor

"The food preferences have evolved, and this change is mainly influenced by factors such as income, demographic characteristics, and educational level. More research is needed in this field." - Anonymous Online Contributor

"A positive behavioral economic intervention can be more effective than food pantry-only, and this is due, in part, to better utilization of the online food pantry." - Anonymous Online Contributor

"Recent findings suggest that a food pantry's website is a powerful tool in changing online shopping behavior in clients who already shop at a food pantry; although their purchases are typically for food, their online purchases are typically for nonfood items. Consumers who participate in a web shopping survey may be more willing to purchase their purchases in the food pantry. Furthermore, a food pantry's online purchasing survey may serve as a useful tool for determining what products to offer online so as to optimize on-site purchases." - Anonymous Online Contributor

"A low-cost BI was effective in influencing online purchasing at a food pantry and can be considered a viable and viable alternative to traditional approaches to changing dietary behaviors." - Anonymous Online Contributor

"Results from a recent clinical trial show several factors associated with patient and pantry use, and other factors associated with behavioral economic factors, including perceived control and intentions to purchase. Results from a recent clinical trial may be useful in designing online pantry self-monitoring strategies to identify patients most likely to use the program, and behavioral economic approaches that influence self-monitoring behavior." - Anonymous Online Contributor