Effects of pairing health warning labels with energy-dense snack foods on food choice and attitudes: Online experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited evidence concerning the potential effectiveness of health warning labels (HWLs) using images and text to depict possible negative health consequences of consumption, for reducing selection of energy-dense snack foods. Furthermore, the underlying mechanisms have received little attention; particularly effects on implicit attitudes, which previous work has shown may mediate the effect of aversive images on food choice.

Aim

To assess the impact of pairing image- and text-based HWLs with energy-dense snack foods on a) the selection of, and b) implicit and explicit attitudes towards, those foods.

Methods

Online experimental study with a representative UK sample (n = 1185), using a 2(Image/No Image) x 2(Text/No Text) factorial between-subjects de

SUBMITTER: Asbridge SCM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7895764 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature