Dataset Information

Immediate effects of the implementation of nutritional warnings in Uruguay: awareness, self-reported use and increased understanding.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effects of nutritional warnings during the first month after the date of full compliance by the food industry in Uruguay in terms of citizen awareness, self-reported use and ability to understand nutritional information.

Design

The present work encompassed two online studies, conducted before (Study 1) and during the first month after the date of full compliance by the food industry (Study 2). An after-only design was used to assess awareness of the policy, exposure to nutritional warnings on food packages and self-reported use of warnings for making purchase decisions in Study 2. An after-only with control group experimental design was used to assess the effect of nutritional warnings on understanding of nutrition information in Studies 1 and 2.

Setting

Uruguay, one of the Latin American countries, that has recently implemented nutritional warnings.

Participants

A non-probabilistic sample of 1772 participants was recruited using Facebook advertisements targeted at Uruguayan adult users.

Results

High awareness and self-reported use of nutritional warnings during the first month after the date of full compliance in Uruguay were observed. In addition, the before and after comparison showed that the implementation of warnings increased citizens' ability to use nutritional information to compare products and to identify products with excessive content of sugar, fat, saturated fat and sodium.

Conclusions

The current study confirms results from experimental studies and provides additional evidence to support the implementation of nutritional warnings as one of the public policies that can contribute to tackle obesity and non-communicable diseases.

SUBMITTER: Ares G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195478 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

ACCESS DATA

Publications

Immediate effects of the implementation of nutritional warnings in Uruguay: awareness, self-reported use and increased understanding.

Ares Gastón G Antúnez Lucía L Curutchet María Rosa MR Galicia Luis L Moratorio Ximena X Giménez Ana A Bove Isabel I

Public health nutrition 20200812 2

<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the effects of nutritional warnings during the first month after the date of full compliance by the food industry in Uruguay in terms of citizen awareness, self-reported use and ability to understand nutritional information.<h4>Design</h4>The present work encompassed two online studies, conducted before (Study 1) and during the first month after the date of full compliance by the food industry (Study 2). An after-only design was used to assess awareness of the policy, ...[more]

PMID: 32782052

Similar Datasets

Project description:IntroductionThe Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act requires cigarette packages and advertisements to bear health warnings with "color graphics depicting the negative health consequences of smoking."Aims and methodsThis study assessed whether new US Food and Drug Administration developed pictorial cigarette warnings (PCW) increased understanding of smoking-related risks relative to the current Surgeon General's (SG) warnings. In March-May 2019, adolescent and adult smokers and nonsmokers participated in an online experiment with three sessions completed over approximately 2 weeks. Participants viewed 1 of 16 PCW (treatment conditions) or an SG warning (control) on mock cigarette packages and advertisements. Measures assessed whether warnings provided new information, induced thinking about risks, changed smoking-related health beliefs, and were accurately recalled, among other outcomes.ResultsThe majority of PCW (≥13 conditions) resulted in greater learning of new information, higher self-reported learning, and greater reports of thinking about smoking risks; they were viewed as more informative, understandable, and attention-drawing compared with the control condition. Most participants believed the warning were factual, although 8 PCW were perceived as less factual than the control. There were changes toward more agreement with health beliefs for 11 PCW between Sessions 1 and 2 and 7 PCW between Sessions 1 and 3. Participants in all treatment conditions were more likely than control condition participants to correctly recall the warning. Across outcomes, PCW related to addiction, death, and quitting did not perform as well as other PCW.ConclusionsMany of the PCW tested increased understanding of the risks associated with cigarette smoking relative to current SG warnings.ImplicationsThe Tobacco Control Act requires cigarette packages and advertisements to bear PCW depicting the negative health consequences of smoking. This study tested whether any of 16 newly proposed PCW increased understanding of smoking-related risks relative to existing SG warnings. Results suggest that most PCW tested, particularly those related to less widely known health effects, resulted in greater learning of new information, higher self-reported learning, and greater reports of thinking about smoking risks compared with SG warnings. These results, along with other factors, informed the US Food and Drug Administration's selection of proposed PCW.

Dataset Information

Immediate effects of the implementation of nutritional warnings in Uruguay: awareness, self-reported use and increased understanding.

Objective

Design

Setting

Participants

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Immediate effects of the implementation of nutritional warnings in Uruguay: awareness, self-reported use and increased understanding.

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure

Tweets