Associations between Knowledge of Health Risks and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake among US Adolescents

Park, Sohyun; Lee‐Kwan, Seung Hee; Merlo, Caitlin; Blanck, Heidi M.

doi:10.3390/nu15102408

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“…The impact of social media has been the subject of recent studies on children's consumer behaviour. Those cover topics like social media's impact on fashion decisions (Park et al 2023) and how marketing for unhealthy foods targets children (Ares et al 2023). Due to children's time with the media, they are an important target group for market research.…”

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Communication about Purchase Desires between Children and Their Parents in Croatia

Varga,

Plenković,

Merkaš

2024

Social Sciences

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The main aim of this study is to describe the communication between children and parents about children’s desired purchases of items in Croatia. Online focus groups were conducted with children ages 11 to 15, and their parents, using a pre-prepared list of questions. The constant comparative method was applied, and the data were coded thematically, meaning data were organized into groups or codes on the basis of repeating keywords in the transcripts. The analysis shows children mostly ask their parents for clothing items and food. The findings indicate children and parents resolve the purchase decisions based on a few communication themes. Children employ persuasion, bargaining, and negotiation communication to acquire their desired items. As a response, parents employ bargaining and negotiation communication, budgeting and financial communication, usefulness and need communication, and postponed purchase communication. This research contributes to a better understanding of child and parent communication related to child purchase wishes and parent–child communication.

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Communication about Purchase Desires between Children and Their Parents in Croatia

Varga,

Plenković,

Merkaš

2024

Social Sciences

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Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages by Polish Young Adults: A Preliminary Study on the Importance of Sugar Tax Familiarity and Health Effects

Sajdakowska,

Jeżewska-Zychowicz,

Gębski

et al. 2024

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Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) contributes to the risk of developing overweight and obesity in children and adults. Thus, reducing free sugar is a globally recognized public health priority. The implementation of a sugar tax is one way of achieving this goal. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between familiarity with the sugar tax and its importance in reducing obesity, the perceived health consequences of SSBs, situations and reasons for consumption, and the frequency of SSB consumption. A cross-sectional study was conducted in May 2022 among 216 Polish adults (age 18–45). Hierarchical cluster analysis was used to identify three homogeneous clusters with regard to the perceived health consequences of consuming SSBs. A logistic regression model was used to verify the relationship between the frequency of SSB consumption (dependent variable) and other variables. Respondents with higher familiarity with the sugar tax (OR: 0.594; 95% CI: 0.42–0.85) and those in the “Unaware of disease” (OR: 0.437; 95% CI: 0.18–0.94) and “Disease-conscious” (OR: 0.484; 95% CI: 0.24–0.97) clusters were less likely to consume SSBs at least once per week than those in the “Moderately disease-conscious” cluster. Both the place of SSB consumption (i.e., restaurant—OR: 1.847; 95% CI: 1.14–3.64, work or university—OR: 3.217; 95% CI: 1.51–6.88, family home—OR: 2.877; 95% CI: 1.50–5.53) as well as a preference for their taste (OR: 4.54; 95% CI: 1.66–12.45) increased the chance of consuming SSBs at least once a week. In conclusion, it is necessary to continue educating the public about the health consequences of SSB consumption. The use of legislative measures (i.e., sugar tax) also contributes to reducing SSB consumption and can thus counteract the increasing obesity rate.

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Associations between Knowledge of Health Risks and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake among US Adolescents

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Communication about Purchase Desires between Children and Their Parents in Croatia

Communication about Purchase Desires between Children and Their Parents in Croatia

Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages by Polish Young Adults: A Preliminary Study on the Importance of Sugar Tax Familiarity and Health Effects

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