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1Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Objective:
Debit card payment systems are known to induce more frivolous purchases in adults, but their impact on children is unknown.
Design And Methods:
Using a national survey of 2,314 public school students in the United States, food purchases in schools with debit-only systems to those in schools with both debit and cash options are compared.
Results:
Students in debit and cash schools purchase more fresh fruit and vegetables and fewer total calories.
Conclusions:
Payment systems with cash options have a lower purchase incidence of less healthy foods and higher purchase incidence of more healthy foods.
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