Impact of the Minneapolis Staple Foods Ordinance

Completed

Conditions studied: Food Policy

In brief

Improving healthy food availability and decreasing the availability of high calorie, low nutrient products, particularly in underserved communities, has been identified as a leading strategy for local governments to prevent obesity. However, policy action in this area to date has been limited. This R01 will examine the impact of a local policy change that establishes minimum stocking criteria for a wide array of healthy foods as a requirement of food store licensing. To our knowledge, this is the only policy of its kind in the US. As such, if it is successful, it could serve as an important model policy for other local governments seeking to increase healthy food availability and prevent obesity through local policy action.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT02774330
Run by: University of Minnesota
People needed: 3488
Starts: 2014-09-01
Expected to finish: 2018-11-30
Last updated by the study team: 2019-01-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Must be 18 years of age or older
Must be able to speak and understand English
Must have purchased at least one food or beverage item from a randomly selected store that meets the following criteria:
Outside the central downtown commercial core
Not authorized to accept benefits from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
Valid licensing address
>100 square feet of retail floor space
Not small vendors in market areas or specialty stores
Non-supermarket
Permission from store staff to recruit participants

You may not qualify if…

Not meeting inclusion criteria

Where it is running

University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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