The impact of pictorial health warnings on purchases of sugary drinks for children: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pictorial warnings on tobacco products are promising for motivating behavior change, but few studies have examined pictorial warnings for sugary drinks, especially in naturalistic environments. This study aimed to examine the impact of pictorial warnings on parents' purchases of sugary drinks for their children in a naturalistic store laboratory.

Methods and findings

Parents of children ages 2 to 12 (n = 325, 25% identifying as Black, 20% Hispanic) completed a shopping task in a naturalistic store laboratory in North Carolina. Participants were randomly assigned to a pictorial warnings arm (sugary drinks displayed pictorial health warnings about type 2 diabetes and heart damage) or a control arm (sugary drinks displayed a barcode label). Parents selected 1 beverag

SUBMITTER: Hall MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8806063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature