TY - JOUR AU - Laska, Melissa N. AU - Caspi, Caitlin E. AU - Lenk, Kathleen AU - Moe, Stacey G. AU - Pelletier, Jennifer E. AU - Harnack, Lisa J. AU - Erickson, Darin J. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/09/18 TI - Evaluation of the first U.S. staple foods ordinance: impact on nutritional quality of food store offerings, customer purchases and home food environments JO - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity SP - 83 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Many lower-income and racially diverse communities in the U.S. have limited access to healthy foods, with few supermarkets and many small convenience stores, which tend to stock limited quantities and varieties of healthy foods. To address food access, in 2015 the Minneapolis Staple Foods Ordinance became the first policy requiring food stores to stock minimum quantities and varieties of 10 categories of healthy foods/beverages, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains and other staples, through licensing. This study examined whether: (a) stores complied, (b) overall healthfulness of store environments improved, (c) healthy customer purchases increased, and (d) healthfulness of home food environments improved among frequent small store shoppers. SN - 1479-5868 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-019-0818-1 DO - 10.1186/s12966-019-0818-1 ID - Laska2019 ER -