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Fizzy foibles: examining attitudes toward sugar-sweetened beverages in Michigan.
- Source :
- Critical Public Health; Feb2021, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p113-124, 12p, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Health educators are increasingly publicizing the noxious health effects of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). American counties are implementing SSB taxes, as modeled after the 'success' of tobacco policies, to address the 'obesity crisis'. Under-explored is how the linking of SSB to a stigmatized condition, 'obesity', has affected attitudes toward the purchasing and consumption of SSB and those individuals who purchase and consume SSB. This study sought to explore individuals' attitudes and experiences with SSB in rural Michigan. Three themes emerged: Negativity, Egregious beverages and Implicated imbibers. These attitudes were situated within a context of increased exposure to SSB health discourses, particularly among younger participants. Additional themes arose regarding which SSB were labelled especially problematic, who should or should not be drinking SSB, as well as the consequences of drinking SSB. Pop/soda, energy drinks, and diet pop/soda were identified as particularly harmful, albeit for different reasons – sugar, caffeine, and unnatural additives. Many participants reported reacting negatively when they saw children of higher weights drinking SSB, though judgement was reserved for parents. Ultimately, SSB and their consumers appear increasingly stigmatized in ways that carry important equity implications for already marginalized groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ACADEMIC medical centers
AGE distribution
BEVERAGES
CAFFEINE
CONSUMER attitudes
EXPERIENCE
FOOD habits
HEALTH status indicators
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
PUBLIC opinion
RESEARCH funding
RURAL health
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SELF-evaluation
SHAME
SOCIAL stigma
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
THEMATIC analysis
SOCIAL media
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
DIETARY sucrose
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09581596
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Critical Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 147925349
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2019.1680804