OBJECTIVE To identify the use of ultra-processed foods - vectors of salt, sugar and fats - in the Norwegian diet through an assessment of food sales. DESIGN Sales data from a representative sample of food retailers in Norway, collected in September 2005 (n 150) and September 2013 (n 170), were analysed. Data consisted of barcode scans of individual food item purchases, reporting type of food,...

INTRODUCTION Calorie intake from beverages has increased in the past decades, which most likely contributes to higher obesity rates. Although coffee chains have grown in popularity in recent years, few data examine the calorie contribution of these drinks. We examined afternoon beverage purchases in New York City at 2 major coffee chains and estimated the mean calorie content of these beverages...

This research presents the development of behavioral scoring models to predict future customer purchases in an online ordering application. Internet retailing lowers many barriers for customers switching between retailers for repeat purchases; thus, retaining existing customers is a key challenge for achieving profitability. Survey data were collected from 1,089 online customers of two companie...

BACKGROUND In the past decade, the United States has seen declining energy intakes and plateauing obesity levels. OBJECTIVE We examined whether these observed trends suggest a longer-term shift in dietary and health behavior that is independent of adverse economic conditions. DESIGN We used nationally representative cross-sectional surveys on intake and longitudinal household food purchase ...

It has been a long-standing goal in advertising to reduce wasted advertising costs due to advertising to people who are unlikely to buy, as well as to those who would make a purchase whether they saw an advertisement or not. The ideal audience for the advertiser are those incremental individuals who would buy if shown an ad, and would not buy, if not shown the ad. On the other hand, for publish...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to examine the prevalence of fast-food purchases for family meals and the associations with sociodemographic variables, dietary intake, home food environment, and weight status in adolescents and their parents. DESIGN This study is a cross-sectional evaluation of parent interviews and adolescent surveys from Project EAT (Eating Among Teens). SU...