How should sugar-sweetened beverage health warnings be designed? A randomized experiment

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue , 2019, Pages 158-166

  Grummon, Anna H ^a,b   Hall, Marissa G ^a,c   Taillie, Lindsey Smith ^b,d   Brewer, Noel T ^a,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Front of package labels; Health communication; Health warnings; Nutrition; Obesity prevention; Sugar sweetened beverages; Warnings labels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EVENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FOOD PACKAGING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRIENTS; OBESITY; SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85062001069     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.02.010     Document Type: Article

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