Perceptions of the food marketing environment among African American teen girls and adults

Bibeau, Wendy S.; Saksvig, Brit I.; Gittelsohn, Joel; Williams, Sonja; Jones, Lindsey; Young, Deborah Rohm

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2011.11.004

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“…We used quantitative and qualitative approaches to determine students' understanding and use of the NFP and the meaning of the word "calorie," their reported use of the NFP label in making food choices, and their perceptions of and responses to the CC label. Our findings are consistent with those of others (Bibeau et al, 2012) in suggesting that the NFP alone does not provide effective education to influence consumer choices, particularly for African-American adolescents. Consistent with previous research with adolescents (Fahlman, McCaughtry, Martin, & Bo, 2010), our study participants demonstrated low knowledge about the meaning of "calorie" and incorrect interpretation of NFP information, even after focus group discussions about the concepts of energy balance and participation in food labeling and design activities.…”

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Engaging Inner City Middle School Students in Development of an Energy Expenditure Food Label

Spaulding

McNeal

Coppin

et al. 2015

Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community

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Using food labels can be an important component of maintaining healthy weight, but young adolescents are unlikely to have the requisite skills to make use of food labeling information. Our objectives were to determine knowledge about calories and comprehension and use of the Nutrition Facts Panel among a group of inner city African-American and Hispanic middle school students, and to engage the students in refining a Calorie Converter energy expenditure food label. We used quantitative and qualitative methods including questionnaires, focus groups, and hands-on graphic design activities. Correctly defining the word "calorie" was associated with correct answers to three of four questions requiring interpretation of the Nutrition Facts Panel [χ(2)(1, 138, p < .05) = 4.56, 4.14, and 5.61.] We incorporated students' design and content modifications for the Calorie Converter label, and the majority indicated that the energy expenditure label would influence their food selection practices.

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confidence: 95%

Engaging Inner City Middle School Students in Development of an Energy Expenditure Food Label

Spaulding

McNeal

Coppin

et al. 2015

Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community

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“…Like previous research (38,39,51) , our findings also suggest that caregivers are aware of the influence of cost (price), food access (place) and advertisement (promotion) on children’s food choices. While much of what was suggested as influencing intake could apply to youth regardless of race/ethnicity, caregivers appeared keenly aware of known targeted marketing techniques including the use of African-American actors in commercials, ethnic music and music artists, and ad placement during highly viewed shows by the target audience.…”

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confidence: 87%

Caregiver perceptions of the food marketing environment of African-American 3–11-year-olds: a qualitative study

Baskin

Herbey

Williams³

et al. 2013

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective To assess caregivers’ perceptions of the extent to which the food marketing environment influences food consumption among African-American children (aged 3–11 years) in order to generate potential strategies to make the marketing environment more favourable to healthier eating. Design Individual semi-structured interviews with caregivers were conducted by trained community leaders to ascertain their awareness of and perceptions about food marketing environments contributing to African-American children’s food consumption. Setting Six predominantly African-American communities in metro Birmingham, Alabama, USA with high proportions of school-age children and lower-income residents. Subjects Caregivers (n 25) were predominantly female (93 %) and either parents/guardians (64 %) or grandparents (28 %) of African-American children aged 3–11 years. Caregiver mean age was 43 years and 46% had lived in their current residence for over 10 years. Results Caregivers reported all aspects of the food marketing matrix as supporting unhealthy eating among African-American youth. Child preference for foods higher in fat and sugar, lower pricing of less healthy foods, limited access to healthier food retailers and targeted advertisements were particularly influential on the food selection, acquisition and consumption of children. Company loyalty, corporate sponsorship of local events and conflicts over parental v. food company responsibility contributed to less consensus about the overall impact (positive or negative) of food companies in African-American communities. Conclusions While caregivers perceived aspects of their food marketing environments as primarily contributing to unhealthy eating among African-American children, framing the demand for changes in the food marketing environments of African-American youth may be particularly challenging.

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“…However, there have been no studies on racial/ethnic-or income-specific food wastage to date (25,26). Meanwhile, studies on food marketing toward children suggest that the food industry may be marketing certain NB products more heavily toward NHB and lower-income areas (27)(28)(29)(30) or marketing nutritionally poor food products toward Spanishspeaking children (31), affecting their food culture (32). This might encourage brand loyalty and could explain the slower decline among NHB, Hispanic, and lowest-income households over time for HWCF and other NB foods.…”

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Trends in racial/ethnic and income disparities in foods and beverages consumed and purchased from stores among US households with children, 2000–2013,

Poti

Popkin

2016

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Background: It is unclear whether racial/ethnic and income differences in foods and beverages obtained from stores contribute to disparities in caloric intake over time. Objective: We sought to determine whether there are disparities in calories obtained from store-bought consumer packaged goods (CPGs), whether brands (name brands compared with private labels) matter, and if disparities have changed over time. Design: We used NHANES individual dietary intake data among households with children along with the Nielsen Homescan data on CPG purchases among households with children. With NHANES, we compared survey-weighted energy intakes for 2003-2006 and 2009-2012 from store and nonstore sources by race/ethnicity [non-Hispanic whites (NHWs), non-Hispanic blacks (NHBs), and Hispanic Mexican-Americans) and income [#185% federal poverty line (FPL), 186-400% FPL, and .400% FPL]. With the Nielsen data, we compared 2000-2013 trends in calories purchased from CPGs (obtained from stores) across brands by race/ ethnicity (NHW, NHB, and Hispanic) and income. We conducted random-effect models to derive adjusted trends and differences in calories purchased (708,175 observations from 64,709 unique households) and tested whether trends were heterogeneous by race/ethnicity or income. Results: Store-bought foods and beverages represented the largest component of dietary intake, with greater decreases in energy intakes in nonstore sources for foods and in store sources for beverages. Beverages from stores consistently decreased in all subpopulations. However, in adjusted models, reductions in CPG calories purchased in 2009-2012 were slower for NHB and low-income households than for NHW and high-income households, respectively. The decline in calories from name-brand food purchases was slower among NHB, Hispanic, and lowest-income households. NHW and high-income households had the highest absolute calories purchased in 2000. Conclusions: Across 2 large data sources, we found decreases in intake and purchases of beverages from stores across racial/ethnic and income groups. However, potentially beneficial reductions in calories purchased were more pronounced in some subgroups over others.Am J Clin Nutr 2016;104:750-9.

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Perceptions of the food marketing environment among African American teen girls and adults

Cited by 31 publications

References 11 publications

Engaging Inner City Middle School Students in Development of an Energy Expenditure Food Label

Engaging Inner City Middle School Students in Development of an Energy Expenditure Food Label

Caregiver perceptions of the food marketing environment of African-American 3–11-year-olds: a qualitative study

Trends in racial/ethnic and income disparities in foods and beverages consumed and purchased from stores among US households with children, 2000–2013,

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