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  5. Adolescents’ reactions to adverts for fast-food and confectionery brands that are high in fat, salt, and/or sugar (HFSS), and possible implications for future research and regulation: findings from a cross-sectional survey of 11–19 year olds in the United Kingdom
 
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Adolescents’ reactions to adverts for fast-food and confectionery brands that are high in fat, salt, and/or sugar (HFSS), and possible implications for future research and regulation: findings from a cross-sectional survey of 11–19 year olds in the United Kingdom
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Author(s)
Critchlow, Nathan
Newberry Le Vay, Jessica
MacKintosh, Anne
Hooper, Lucie
Thomas, Christopher
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The influence that marketing for foods high in fat, salt, and/or sugar (HFSS) has on adolescents extends beyond a dose-response relationship between exposure and consumption. It is also important to explore how marketing shapes or reinforces product/brand attitudes, and whether this varies by demography and Body Mass Index (BMI). To examine this, a cross-sectional survey was conducted with 11–19 year olds in the United Kingdom (n = 3348). Participants watched 30 s video adverts for a fast-food and confectionery brand. For each advert, participants reported reactions on eight measures (e.g., 1 = Makes [product] seem unpopular choice–5 = Makes [product] seem popular choice), which were binary coded based on whether a positive reaction was reported (Yes/No). At least half of adolescents had positive reactions to both adverts for 5/8 measures. Positive reactions had associations with age, gender and, to a lesser extent, BMI. For example, 11–15 year olds were more likely than 16–19 year olds to report appeal to their age group for the fast-food (OR = 1.33, 95% CI: 1.13–1.58) and confectionery advert (OR = 1.79, 95% CI: 1.52–2.12). If these reactions are typical of other HFSS products, future research and regulatory change should examine whether additional controls on the content of HFSS marketing, for example mandated health or nutritional information and revised definitions of youth appeal, offer additional protection to young people.
Date Acceptance
2020-03-01
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (5), pp.1689-1689
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/98869
URL
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/5/1689
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051689
ISSN
1660-4601
Publisher
MDPI AG
Start Page
1689
End Page
1689
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume
17
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access
article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution
(CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
License URL
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Identifier
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/5/1689
Subjects
Toxicology
Publication Status
Published online
Date Publish Online
2020-03-05
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