Public Opinion on Nutrition-Related Policies to Combat Child Obesity, Los Angeles County, 2011
| Autor: | Choiyuk Chiang, Margaret Shih, Paul A. Simon, Amy S. Lightstone |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Pediatric Obesity Restaurants Adolescent MEDLINE Carbonated Beverages Public opinion Nutrition Policy Interviews as Topic Young Adult Sex Factors Sex factors Environmental health Humans Medicine Child obesity Soda Tax Aged Schools business.industry Health Policy Commerce Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Sweetening agents Middle Aged Taxes Los Angeles Social marketing Socioeconomic Factors Brief Public Opinion Social Marketing Sweetening Agents Fast Foods Health survey Female business |
| Zdroj: | Preventing Chronic Disease |
| ISSN: | 1545-1151 |
| Popis: | We assessed public opinion on nutrition-related policies to address child obesity: a soda tax, restrictions on advertising unhealthy foods and beverages to children, and restrictions on siting fast food restaurants and convenience stores near schools. We analyzed data from 998 adults (aged ≥18 years) in the 2011 Los Angeles County Health Survey. Support was highest for advertising restrictions (74%), intermediate for a soda tax (60%), and lowest for siting restrictions on fast food restaurants and convenience stores (44% and 37%, respectively). Support for food and beverage advertising restrictions and soda taxation is promising for future policy efforts to address child obesity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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