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. 2013 Oct 31;10:E180. doi: 10.5888/pcd10.130073

Table 3d. Feasibility, Process, and Impact Results of Interventions on Prepared-Food Sources: Interventions Conducted in Mixed Types of Restaurantsa .

Characteristic Healthy Howard Initiative (43) Healthy Restaurant Program (4446) Winners Circle Healthy Dining Program (4749)
Feasibility and process results Moderate reach (currently on-going) Increasing reach; improved ratings of participating restaurants High feasibility; medium-low reach
Prepared-food source impact results Not assessed (surveys not performed) Increase in sales of promoted items; sodium and fat in foods significantly decreased Not assessed
Consumer psychosocial impact results Assessed but not reported High customer acceptability Low awareness
Consumer behavioral impact results Assessed but not reported Not assessed Medium use of label for food choice
Other results None None None
Sustainability Low implementation cost High: 85/96 of restaurants are maintaining program Low-cost, easily implemented
Policy results, implications Voluntary program Ordinance for the Healthy Restaurant Program No links with policy
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Includes restaurants (both local and chain) that did not share characteristics with other intervention restaurants or whose characteristics were not well defined.