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Caregiver's Knowledge of Sugar Sweetened Beverages is Associated with Availability of this Type of Beverages in the Home
Author(s) -
Quesada Catalina,
Schilling Elizabeth,
Ferris Ann,
Lora Karina
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.344.4
Subject(s) - environmental health , consumption (sociology) , intervention (counseling) , ethnic group , purchasing , affect (linguistics) , low income , gerontology , psychology , medicine , demography , socioeconomics , business , psychiatry , marketing , social science , communication , sociology , anthropology
Educating caregivers about sugar‐sweetened beverages (SSBs) is potentially a cost effective intervention strategy for reducing child SSB consumption. Baseline data from a longitudinal study explored the association between caregiver's information about SSBs and availability of total SSBs in the home. Low income caregivers of preschoolers (n=472) provided demographic information and completed a home beverage inventory and an Information‐Motivation‐Behavioral Skills measure of child consumption of SSBs (IMB‐mCSSB). Regressions on the information subscale of the IMB‐mCSSB, revealed that minority caregivers demonstrated significantly less knowledge about SSBs than Whites ( p <.05) and male caregivers were less informed about SSBs than females ( p <.05). Although SSB availability did not differ significantly by race/ethnicity or gender, information about SSBs was associated with their availability in the home ( p <.05). In this study, as information about SSBs increased, availability of SSBs in the home decreased. These results suggest that educating minority and male caregivers about SSBs may affect SSB purchasing behavior.