Table 2.
Mean checkout food exposures per store by store category and food health status classification; survey of 205 non-food stores in a large indoor shopping mall, Gateshead, UK, February-March 2014
| Stores with food | Checkout food exposures* | Less healthy checkout food exposures | Healthier checkout food exposures | Healthier checkout food exposures (excl. gum) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of store | n | % | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Ratio of mean less healthy to healthier checkout food exposures | Ratio of mean less healthy to healthier checkout food exposures (excl. gum) |
| Book/card/stationery | 5 | 83·3 | 26·0 | 19·7 | 20·4 | 14·4 | 5·6 | 9·4 | 0·3 | 0·6 | 3·6:1 | 68·0:1 |
| Customer services | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| Department store (excluding food departments) | 5 | 71·4 | 23·7 | 28·6 | 17·5 | 20·2 | 6·2 | 8·9 | 4·4 | 8·7 | 2·8:1 | 4·0:1 |
| Fashion | 8 | 13·0 | 9·1 | 8·5 | 8·6 | 7·4 | 0·4 | 1·3 | 0 | 0 | 21·5:1 | n/a – only less healthy food available |
| Hair/beauty | 4 | 14·8 | 19·0 | 36·0 | 15·0 | 28·0 | 4·0 | 8·0 | 0·5 | 1 | 3·75:1 | 30·0:1 |
| Jewellery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| Music/technology | 1 | 4·0 | 5·6 | 0 | 5·6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a – only less healthy food available | n/a – only less healthy food available |
| Opticians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| Shoes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| Specialist | 3 | 15·0 | 15·2 | 18·4 | 11·2 | 15·5 | 4·0 | 3·6 | 0 | 0 | 2·8:1 | n/a – only less health food available |
| Sports/outdoors | 3 | 33·3 | 5·7 | 5·0 | 5·0 | 5·3 | 0·7 | 1·1 | 0·7 | 1·1 | 7·1:1 | 7·1:1 |
| Toys/games/gadgets | 3 | 30·0 | 4·8 | 5·5 | 3·1 | 2·7 | 1·7 | 2·9 | 1·7 | 2·9 | 1·8:1 | 1·8:1 |
| Travel agents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| All stores | 32 | 15·6 | 15·0 | 19·7 | 11·9 | 14·8 | 3·0 | 5·9 | 1·0 | 3·6 | 4·0:1 | 11·9:1 |
n/a, not applicable, no checkout food within this category.
*
The average number of food lines displayed per checkout for each store with checkout food was calculated, and the average food lines per checkout (mean checkout food exposure) by store category derived from these.