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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"sweetened beverages"”.
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Sugar-sweetened beverages in Nigeria: Affordability and expenditure and price elasticities
This research examines how consumers in Nigeria respond to income and price changes of carbonated soft drinks (CSDs). I first analysed the trend in CSD and fruit juice affordability between 2005 and 2018. I subsequently estimated the own-price, cross-price and income elasticities of sugar, CSDs, …
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Impacts of the Seattle sweetened beverage tax on perceived healthfulness of sweetened beverages
Sweetened beverage tax implementation is associated with differences in reduced purchasing volumes of sweetened beverages. However, it’s unclear whether the tax plays a role in shifting perceptions about sweetened beverages and their health impacts. We utilized pre-tax and post-tax survey data …
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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
… 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 (KSS-S) …
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Improving Rural Health Disparities: Understanding and Addressing Intake of Added Sugars and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among Adults and Adolescents
… 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 populations have found high …
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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
… 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 source of …
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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
… 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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Evaluation of Creature -101: Can A Curriculum Based Serious Health Game Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity among Middle School Students?
… decreasing processed snacks (e.g. chips, candy), sweetened beverages, and recreational screen time, and mediators of behavior change (behavioral capability, self-efficacy, outcome expectation-social and physical, autonomous motivation). The Creature-101 game uses social cognitive and …
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Uncoupling sweetness and energy in habitual high and low consumers of artificial sweetners: effects on appetite
… habitual high consumers of artificially-sweetened beverages with habitual low consumers. Habitual high and low consumers of artificially-sweetened beverages were defined in Study 2. Effects on appetite were investigated in Studies 3,4,5, and 6, using highly controlled nutritional …
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Validity and Reliability of the BEVQ-15 in Children and Adolescents
… 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 intake assessment tool is needed for …
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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
… using search terms related to sugar, sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) and NCDs. NVivo 12 software was used to code and thematically analyse the data. A policy transfer conceptual framework was applied for the policy analysis to assess what ideas were transferred, including why and to what …
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A theory-based exploration of adding sugar to beverages in Lebanese public school children
… 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 of …
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A decision analytic framework for the costs of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption
… 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 diabetes …
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Effect of nutrition education on food and beverage choices of adolescent female dancers
… 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 6.2%, …
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A qualitative study of adolescent views of sugar sweetened beverage taxes
… 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. Three …
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The Good, The Bad, and The Taxed: How Taxes Shape Morals in Markets
… study addresses the effects of the new tax on sweetened beverages, which has been gaining currency across the United States and beyond. I use evidence from a factorial survey to show how taxing a morally debated commodity influences people’s moral evaluations of consumption. I also …
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Beverage Vending Purchasing Patterns and Attitudes in Southwest Virginia High School Students
… after a school-wide policy change replacing sweetened beverages in vending machines with 100% juice and bottled water. Methods: Written questionnaires were administered three times to high school students (n = 278) in an ethnically-diverse, southwest Virginia school district. X ² analysis …
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Nutrition Composition of Snacks Offered to Young Recreational Soccer Players
… groupings from snacks are grain-based desserts, sweetened beverages, and salty snacks. Previous studies have also shown that children are influenced by their peers. Youth sports are a very popular venue for children and opportunity for physical activity, with soccer becoming one of the most …
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