The retail food environment following a mandatory healthy checkout policy: A natural experimental evaluation

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by Yuru Huang, Ethan C. Wolf, Andrea M. Gil, Kris Jayme G. Matas, Lisa M.

Powell, Rebecca M. Schermbeck, Jennifer Falbe Background In January 2024, Perris, California, became the third jurisdiction worldwide to implement a mandatory healthy checkout policy, after Berkeley, California, and England. Healthy checkout policies set nutrition standards for products displayed at checkout, with the potential to improve the healthfulness of the retail food environment and ultimately dietary intake. Policy scope varies across jurisdications, with Berkeley’s and England’s applying to…

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Primary source: PLOS Medicine · September 16, 2026

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