Reducing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption by providing caloric information: How black adolescents alter their purchases and whether the effects persist

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2417-2424

  Bleich, Sara N ^a   Barry, Colleen L ^a   Gary Webb, Tiffany L ^a,b   Herring, Bradley J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGAR INTAKE;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEVERAGE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUGAR INTAKE; TAX;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEVERAGES; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; TAXES;

EID: 84911091713     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302150     Document Type: Article

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