Childhood obesity is a major public health problem in the U.S. among racial and ethnic minorities, including among the growing Latino population in the U.S. One promising but understudied policy for addressing childhood obesity is requiring health warnings on the front of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) containers. Pictorial warnings in particular hold promise for overcoming language and literacy barriers. Our proposed project aims to design and evaluate pictorial health warnings on SSBs, with a long-term goal of informing policies that can improve diet, prevent obesity, and ultimately prevent type 2 diabetes and other cardiometabolic diseases among Latino children. The project will address three major gaps by developing pictorial health warnings on SSBs, focusing on Latino populations, and examining the impact of pictorial health warnings on SSB purchasing behavior in a real-world retail environment. Our study population includes Latino parents of children ages 2-12.
Start Date: February 2019
ID #: 76290
Principal Investigator: Marissa Hall, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator: Lindsey Smith Taillie, PhD
Organization: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Funding Round: Round 11
Focus Area: Beverages
Keywords: Community setting, Front-of-package labeling, Grocery store, Spanish language, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Supermarket
Age Groups: Elementary-age children (grades K to 5), Preschool-age children (ages 3 to 5), Young adolescents (grades 6 to 8)
Resource Type: Grant Summary
Race/Ethnicity: Latino(a) or Hispanic
State: National
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