Prevalence and correlates of US adult public opinion on restricting junk food advertising to children on social media: 2020 Health Information National Trends Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe US adults' levels of support, neutrality and opposition to restricting junk food advertising to children on social media and explore associations with socio-demographic and health-related characteristics.

Design

In 2020-2021, we used cross-sectional data from the National Cancer Institute's 2020 Health Information National Trends Survey to estimate the prevalence of opinions towards advertising restrictions and correlates of neutrality and opposition using weighted multivariable logistic regression.

Setting

United States.

Participants

Adults aged 18+ years.

Results

Among the analytic sample (n 2852), 54 % of adults were neutral or opposed to junk food advertising restrictions on social media. The odds of being neutral or opposed wer

SUBMITTER: Korn AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195397 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature