Food-purchasing behaviour in an Aboriginal community. 2. Evaluation of an intervention aimed at children

Food-purchasing behaviour in an Aboriginal community. 2. Evaluation of an intervention aimed at children Journal Article

Australian Journal of Public Health

• Author(s): Scrimgeour, David, Rowse, Tim, Knight, Sabina
• Published: 1994
• Volume: 18
• ISBN: 1035-7319

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Abstract: The previously described survey of food-purchasing behaviour in a central-Australian Aboriginal community demonstrated that children have sufficient disposable income to provision themselves directly from food outlets. Subsequently, a community-based intervention project developed strategies to provide healthier choices for these children. Two years after the initial survey, a follow-up survey was conducted in which all food purchases by children under the age of 15 in the community were recorded over a two-week period. The results demonstrate an improvement in the quality of foods and beverages purchased by children at the time of the second survey.

• Urls: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1753-6405.1994.tb00198.x