Cochrane · systematic review · CD012573

Altering the availability or proximity of food, alcohol, and tobacco products to change their selection and consumption

Hollands, GJ, Carter, P, Anwer, S, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019 · Cochrane Library

Public Health2 versionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed

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Included studies

No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 25%Low 3 · 75%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

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Lower versus higher availability (i.e. fewer versus more options) of food products for changing quantity of food selected or consumed

Population: Adults and children

2 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Selection Lower vs higher availability (i.e. fewer versus more options) of food products	no estimate extracted	3 studies · 154 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Consumption Lower vs higher availability (i.e. fewer versus more options) of food products	no estimate extracted	2 studies · 150 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision

Lower versus higher proximity (i.e. placed farther away versus placed nearer) of food products for changing quantity of food selected or consumed

Population: Adults and children

2 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Selection Lower vs higher proximity (i.e. placed farther away versus placed nearer) of food products	no estimate extracted	1 study · 41 participants	Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness
Consumption Lower vs higher proximity (i.e. placed farther away versus placed nearer) of food products	no estimate extracted	12 studies · 1098 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, publication bias