Open AccessReducing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption by Providing Caloric Information: How Black Adolescents Alter Their Purchases and Whether the Effects Persist
Author(s) -
Sara N. Bleich,
Colleen L. Barry,
Tiffany L. Gary-Webb,
Bradley Herring
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302150
Subject(s) - calorie , caloric theory , environmental health , medicine , purchasing , consumption (sociology) , caloric intake , obesity , demography , business , marketing , endocrinology , social science , sociology
We examined the ways in which adolescents altered the type and size of their purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), together with whether the effects persisted after removing caloric information signs in stores.