Scolaris Content Display Scolaris Content Display

Final conceptual model. Changes from the provisional conceptual model (Hollands 2017b), comprising two additions, are shown in red type.
Figuras y tablas -
Figure 1

Final conceptual model. Changes from the provisional conceptual model (Hollands 2017b), comprising two additions, are shown in red type.

Study flow diagram.
Figuras y tablas -
Figure 2

Study flow diagram.

Forest plot of the standardised mean difference (SMD) in selection with higher (intervention 1) versus lower (intervention 2) availability of food products (i.e. more versus fewer options).
Figuras y tablas -
Figure 3

Forest plot of the standardised mean difference (SMD) in selection with higher (intervention 1) versus lower (intervention 2) availability of food products (i.e. more versus fewer options).

Forest plot of the standardised mean difference (SMD) in consumption with higher (intervention 1) versus lower (intervention 2) availability of food products (i.e. more versus fewer options).
Figuras y tablas -
Figure 4

Forest plot of the standardised mean difference (SMD) in consumption with higher (intervention 1) versus lower (intervention 2) availability of food products (i.e. more versus fewer options).

Forest plot of the standardised mean difference (SMD) in consumption with higher (intervention 1) versus lower (intervention 2) proximity of food products (i.e. placed nearer versus farther away).
Figuras y tablas -
Figure 5

Forest plot of the standardised mean difference (SMD) in consumption with higher (intervention 1) versus lower (intervention 2) proximity of food products (i.e. placed nearer versus farther away).

Funnel plot for meta‐analysis of consumption with higher versus lower proximity.
Figuras y tablas -
Figure 6

Funnel plot for meta‐analysis of consumption with higher versus lower proximity.

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

Lower versus higher availability of food products for changing quantity of food selected or consumed

Population: Adults and children
Setting: Field and laboratory settings
Intervention: Lower availability of food products (fewer options)
Comparison: Higher availability of food products (more options)

Outcomes

Illustrative comparative risks (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

Number of participants
(studies; comparisons)

Certainty of evidence
(GRADE)

Assumed risk: higher availability of food products (more options)

Corresponding risk: lower availability of food products (fewer options)

Selection

Mean energy selected on an average snack occasion of 200 (±63) kcal1

Mean energy selected on an average snack occasion would be 71 kcal (35.6%) less with lower availability (120 kcal fewer to 23 kcal fewer; 59.9% less to 11.7% less).

Mean selection in the lower availability group was 1.13 standard deviations lower (1.90 lower to 0.37 lower).

154
(3 RCTs; 3 comparisons)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOW 2 3

Consumption

Mean energy intake on an average snack occasion of 200 (±63) kcal

Mean energy intake on an average snack occasion would be 35 kcal (17.3%) less with lower availability (80 kcal fewer to 11 kcal more; 40% less to 5.7% more).

Mean consumption in the lower availability group was 0.55 standard deviations lower (1.27 lower to 0.18 more).

150
(2 RCTs; 3 comparisons)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOW 2 4

The basis for the assumed risk is provided in Footnotes.5 The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). The relative effect is derived from the primary random‐effects meta‐analysis for the outcome.

CI: confidence interval; kcal: kilocalories; RCT: randomised controlled trial

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High certainty: The current evidence provides a very good indication of the likely effect, and the likelihood that the actual effect will be substantially different is low.
Moderate certainty: The current evidence provides a good indication of the likely effect, and the likelihood that the actual effect of the treatment will not be substantially different is moderate.
Low certainty: The current evidence provides some indication of the likely effect, but the likelihood that the actual effect will be substantially different is high.
Very low certainty: The current evidence does not provide a reliable indication of the likely effect, and the likelihood that the actual effect will be substantially different is very high.

1Assumes that all foods selected are consumed.
2Downgraded by one level for study limitations: study‐level estimates of this effect were judged to have significant concerns related to risk of bias.
3Downgraded by one level for imprecision: the number of participants (effective sample size) incorporated into analysis is less than the number of participants required by a conventional sample size calculation for a single adequately powered trial (optimal information size), and confidence intervals are wide.
4Downgraded by one level for imprecision: the number of participants (effective sample size) incorporated into analysis is less than the number of participants required by a conventional sample size calculation for a single adequately powered trial (optimal information size). The confidence intervals are wide and include the possibility of a small effect on increasing consumption.
5Estimates of variance are based on data from a representative sample of UK adults, from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey Years 7‐8 (Public Health England 2018a); see Effects of interventions for details.

Figuras y tablas -
Summary of findings for the main comparison. Lower versus higher availability (i.e. fewer versus more options) of food products for changing quantity of food selected or consumed
Summary of findings 2. Lower versus higher proximity (i.e. placed farther away versus placed nearer) of food products for changing quantity of food selected or consumed

Lower versus higher proximity of food products for changing quantity of food selected or consumed

Patient or population: Adults and children
Setting: Field and laboratory settings
Intervention: Lower proximity of food products (placed farther away)
Comparison: Higher proximity of food products (placed nearer)

Outcomes

Illustrative comparative risks (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

Number of participants
(studies; comparisons)

Certainty of evidence
(GRADE)

Assumed risk: higher proximity of food products (placed nearer)

Corresponding risk: lower proximity of food products (placed farther away)

Selection

Mean energy selected on an average snack occasion of 200 (±63) kcal1

Mean energy selected on an average snack occasion would be 41 kcal (20.5%) less with lower proximity (81 kcal fewer to 1 kcal fewer; 40.6% less to 0.3% less).

Mean selection in the lower proximity group was 0.65 standard deviations lower (1.29 lower to 0.01 lower).

41 (1 RCT; 1 comparison)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
VERY LOW 2 3 4

Consumption

Mean energy intake on an average snack occasion of 200 (±63) kcal

Mean energy intake on an average snack occasion would be 38 kcal (18.9%) less with lower proximity (53 kcal fewer to 23 kcal fewer; 26.5% less to 11.3% less).

Mean consumption in the lower availability group was 0.60 standard deviations lower (0.84 lower to 0.36 lower).

1098 (12 RCTs; 15 comparisons)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOW 2 5

The basis for the assumed risk is provided in Footnotes.6 The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). The relative effect is derived from the primary random‐effects meta‐analysis for the outcome.

CI: confidence interval; kcal: kilocalories; RCT: randomised controlled trial

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High certainty: The current evidence provides a very good indication of the likely effect, and the likelihood that the actual effect will be substantially different is low.
Moderate certainty: The current evidence provides a good indication of the likely effect, and the likelihood that the actual effect of the treatment will not be substantially different is moderate.
Low certainty: The current evidence provides some indication of the likely effect, but the likelihood that the actual effect will be substantially different is high.
Very low certainty: The current evidence does not provide a reliable indication of the likely effect, and the likelihood that the actual effect will be substantially different is very high.

1Assumes that all foods selected are consumed.
2Downgraded by one level for study limitations: study‐level estimates of this effect were judged to have significant concerns related to risk of bias.
3Downgraded by one level for imprecision: the effect estimate derives from a single small study.
4Downgraded by one level for indirectness: all data derived from a study conducted in a laboratory setting, meaning it may be less directly informative to real‐world implementation of the intervention.
5Downgraded by one level for publication bias: formal assessment of the degree of asymmetry present in a funnel plot suggested the presence of publication bias.
6Estimates of variance are based on data from a representative sample of UK adults, from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey Years 7‐8 (Public Health England 2018a); see Effects of interventions for details.

Figuras y tablas -
Summary of findings 2. Lower versus higher proximity (i.e. placed farther away versus placed nearer) of food products for changing quantity of food selected or consumed
Table 1. 'Risk of bias' assessments

Study

Bias arising from the randomisation process

Bias arising from the timing of identification and recruitment of individual participants in relation to timing of randomisation (CRCT only)

Bias due to deviations from intended interventions

Bias due to missing outcome data

Bias in measurement of the outcome

Bias in selection of the reported result

Overall risk of bias (selection)

Overall risk of bias (consumption)

Availability studies

Fiske 2004

Some concerns

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Some concerns

N/A

Foster 2014

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Kocken 2012

Some concerns

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Some concerns

N/A

Pechey 2019

Some concerns

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Some concerns

N/A

Roe 2013

Some concerns

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Some concerns

Some concerns

Stubbs 2001

Some concerns

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Some concerns

Proximity studies

Cohen 2015

Some concerns

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Some concerns

Some concerns

Engell 1996 (S1)

Some concerns

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Some concerns

Engell 1996 (S2)

Some concerns

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Some concerns

Greene 2017

Some concerns

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Some concerns

Some concerns

Hunter 2018 (S1)

Low risk

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Low risk

Hunter 2018 (S2)

Low risk

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Low risk

Hunter 2019

Low risk

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Low risk

Kongsbak 2016

Some concerns

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Some concerns

N/A

Langlet 2017

Some concerns

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Some concerns

Some concerns

Maas 2012 (S1)

Some concerns

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Some concerns

Maas 2012 (S2)

Some concerns

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Some concerns

Musher‐Eizenman 2010

Some concerns

N/A

Low risk

Some concerns

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

High risk

Painter 2002

Some concerns

N/A

Some concerns

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Some concerns

Privitera 2012 (S1)

Some concerns

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Some concerns

Privitera 2012 (S2)

Some concerns

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Some concerns

Privitera 2014

Some concerns

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Some concerns

Wansink 2006

Some concerns

N/A

Some concerns

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

N/A

Some concerns

Wansink 2013a

High risk

N/A

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

High risk

N/A

CRCT: cluster‐randomised controlled trials

Justifications for assessments are available at the following (http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9159824)

Figuras y tablas -
Table 1. 'Risk of bias' assessments