BACKGROUND A national survey in Japan reported that the prevalence of smoking among high school students has sharply decreased in recent years. However, the survey only considered students who attended regular high schools (RHSs), and Japan offers part-time high schools (PHSs) that are often attended by academically and socioeconomically disadvantaged youth. PURPOSE Therefore, we examined the...

OBJECTIVES To examine the cost of fruits and vegetables (FV) with respect to different food store types, urbanization level and material deprivation for various urban areas of greater Quebec City. METHODS A sample of 85 food stores was selected. They represented five store types (small, conventional, and large grocery stores; greengrocers; convenience stores) in four geographic areas reflecti...

This qualitative research examines propinquity across two grocery shopping situations – real (in-store) and virtual (online). Examining how the same consumers shop for the same or similar commodities provides quasi-experimental conditions to examine differences in shopping behaviour. Convergent interviews with 15 respondents identified that consumer reasons – expectations of convenience, trust ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the proportion of foods that are unhealthy to which children are exposed at the checkout of convenience supermarkets. DESIGN We performed a cross-sectional survey of foodstuffs displayed at the checkout. Products displayed at or below children's eye-level were designated as healthy, unhealthy or unclassifiable using the Food Standards Agency's scoring criteria. SETT...

Online stores of multichannel retailers continue to lag pure internet retailers with reference to consumers0 shopping intentions and sales. This study develops and tests a framework in which (a) trust and attitude (conceptualized as a second-order construct with hedonic and utilitarian dimensions) influence purchase intentions, (b) congruity between the multichannel retailer0s land-based and on...

OBJECTIVE To examine the potential impact of banning tobacco displays and ads at the point of sale (POS) on youth outcomes. METHODS An interactive virtual convenience store was created with scenarios in which the tobacco product display at the POS was either openly visible (status quo) or enclosed behind a cabinet (display ban), and tobacco ads in the store were either present or absent. A na...

Guang Zhang 1, Chengyu Liu 2, Lizhen Ji 2, Jing Yang 3,* and Changchun Liu 2,* 1 Affiliated Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, China; [email protected] 2 School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China; [email protected] (C.L.); [email protected] (L.J.) 3 School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong Universi...