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Sugar-sweetened beverages in Nigeria: Affordability and expenditure and price elasticities
… cross-price and income elasticities of sugar, CSDs, chocolate drinks, milk and sachet water for Nigeria in 2013, 2016 and a pooled sample. I used the relative income price to examine CSD and fruit juice affordability over time in Nigeria for both off-trade and on-trade consumption. For …
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Sugar-sweetened beverages and household sugar consumption patterns among adults living in Southgate, Phoenix
Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Applied Science in Food and Nutrition, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2024.
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Three essays on nutrition and health: sugar-sweetened beverages, postpartum military wellness, and online grocery shopping
… caregivers simultaneously affect children's sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption. Using this framework, the study evaluates the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a school-based intervention designed to reduce SSB consumption among middle-school students. KSS directly targeted students …
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Improving Rural Health Disparities: Understanding and Addressing Intake of Added Sugars and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among Adults and Adolescents
… in rural dietary habits pertains to added sugars and more specifically, sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). Excessive added sugars and SSB intake have been strongly linked to many of the nutrition and chronic disease disparities impacting rural residents. Moreover, studies conducted in rural …
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Development and Evaluation of a Brief Questionnaire to Assess Habitual Beverage Intake (BEVQ-15): Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Total Beverage Energy Intake
Attention on beverage intake, specifically sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB), has increased in recent years (1). Energy-containing beverages do not provide the same satiety as solid foods, and intake of solid food is not spontaneously reduced when energy-containing beverages are consumed (2,3). This …
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Demographic Factors and Beverage Consumption Patterns: Health Literacy, Education, and Income Level
… same time period, there has been an increase in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. This increase in added sugar consumption, particularly from sugar-sweetened beverages, has been theorized as a possible contributor to the obesity epidemic2,3,4. Sugar-sweetened beverages are the number one …
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The Formative Evaluation of an Educational Tool to Help Curb Children's Intake of Sugary Beverages
Since 1977, consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages has doubled and the average portion size has increased by 46% (Rader, 2014). The impact of sugar-sweetened beverages on a child's health could be detrimental; identifying cost-effective methods to reduce to reduce their intake is an active area …
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Reducing Sugary Drinks Among Young, School-Age Children: Formative Assessment of Print Materials for Parents
… of young school-age children on the topic of sugar-sweetened beverages. The materials consisted of four unique brochures planned for use in a direct mail intervention to households enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The overall goal of the intervention was to reduce …
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Validity and Reliability of the BEVQ-15 in Children and Adolescents
… strokes, and different types of cancers. Added sugar intake (AS), in the form of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB), may contribute to weight gain and obesity development in children and adolescents. Due to the negative health implications of SSB consumption, a valid and reliable brief beverage …
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Reducing sugar intake in South Africa: a multilevel policy analysis of how global and regional diet policy recommendations find expression at country level
High intake of sugar has been recognised as a contributing factor to diet-related overweight and obesity, and as a determinant for non-communicable disease (NCD) emergence in LMICs. In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a guideline giving specific advice on limiting sugar intake in …
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A theory-based exploration of adding sugar to beverages in Lebanese public school children
… presented here explore the behaviour of adding sugar to beverages and especially milk which has already been observed in the Middle East, but only anecdotally in Lebanon. This dissertation investigated adding sugar behaviors to beverages in the diet of Lebanese children and from the perspectives …
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A decision analytic framework for the costs of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption
… costs associated with the decision to consume sugar-sweetened beverages. The model uses (i) records of mortality data, (ii) previously identified lifetime risks of diabetes, (iii) data on relative risks associated with sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, and (iv) the reported costs of …
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Effect of nutrition education on food and beverage choices of adolescent female dancers
… education, soda consumption reduced by 7.7%; sugar sweetened beverages (excluding sodas) reduced by 23%; intakes of fruits and vegetables were enhanced by 5.6% and 21%, respectively. Paradoxically, home-cooked meals and breakfast consumption on dance practice days were reduced by 12.5% and …
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A qualitative study of adolescent views of sugar sweetened beverage taxes
… used to investigate adolescents’ perceptions of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes using the Theory of Planned Behavior (attitude toward the behavior, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and behavioral intentions). A secondary purpose was to explore the role of habit in SSB consumption. …
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Assessment of the Validity, Reliability, and Sensitivity of Fingerstick δ¹³C as an Added Sugar Biomarker in Adolescents: A Controlled Feeding Study Approach
… in 2011 – 2014. Consumption of added sugars (AS) has been linked with adverse effects on weight and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Approximately 16% of adolescents’ calories come from AS, of which sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) are a major contributor. However, the relationship …
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An Exploration of American Adolescents' Beverage Intake and Views on Celebrity Endorsement of Beverage Products to Inform Policies that Promote Healthy Beverage Guidelines
… targeted to American adolescents promoted sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Research is limited on how celebrity endorsement influences adolescents' SSB choices and intake. This M.S. thesis describes a study with three research objectives conducted …
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Investigating the Cost of National School Lunch Program Lunches versus the Full, Time-Inclusive Cost of Home-Packed Lunches
… percent (n=414) of home-packed lunches contained sugar-sweetened beverages and/or dessert food items, accounting for almost one-quarter (21.8%) of the cost of all home-packed lunches. Conclusion: When time is computed as part of the total cost of NSLP versus home-packed lunches, the NSLP is the …
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Impact of Physical Activity and Sugar Sweetened Beverage Consumption on Arterial Stiffness
… stiffness. Similarly, a significant link between sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and poor cardiovascular health has been identified. The majority of previous research relating to arterial stiffness has involved studying older populations. However, few studies have examined college students. The …
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A Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Sugar Tax Policy in Public Health: France (Developed Nation) and Chile (Developing Nation)
… prompted governments to enact policies to target sugar-sweetened beverages. This dissertation aims to address the varied policy designs in France, a developed nation and Chile, a developing nation on the impact of the tax on their consumption, obesity prevalence, social determinants of health and …
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Water and Life. A Cross-Sectional Study on Determinants of Beverage Consumption and Water Access in One Tribal Community
… has consistently linked increased consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) to the obesity epidemic contributing to a public health crisis all over the United States. Native Americans, among other minority groups, suffer obesity disproportionately from the rest of the US population, yet they …
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