title: Susceptibility to Food Advertisements and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake in Non-Hispanic Black and Non-Hispanic White Adolescents.
abstract: Obesity among adolescents in the United States has risen by 16% in the past 30 years. One important contributing factor may be the increased consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs), which is encouraged by advertisements for unhealthy foods and drinks that are targeted to adolescents. The purpose of this analysis was to determine the association between susceptibility to food and drink advertisements and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption in non-Hispanic black (NHB) and non-Hispanic white (NHW) adolescents and to examine if BMI is associated with SSB consumption. Data were obtained from 765 NHB and NHW of ages 14-17 who were surveyed in the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. Two weighted adjusted logistic regression models were conducted. The first examined the associations of advertisement susceptibility, race, and BMI with SSB consumption. The second examined the associations of race and BMI with advertisement susceptibility. Adolescents with high advertisement susceptibility were more likely to consume at least one SSB daily (OR 1.73, 95% CI 1.21, 2.47). Additionally, non-Hispanic blacks were more likely to consume at least one SSB daily (OR 1.75, 95% CI 1.08, 2.85) and more likely to be highly susceptible to advertisements (OR 1.72, 95% CI 1.19, 2.48) than non-Hispanic whites. No significant associations were found between BMI and advertising susceptibility or BMI and daily SSB consumption. One approach to addressing the consumption of SSBs may be to reduce advertising that markets unhealthy food and beverages to adolescents and minorities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, 800 W. Stadium Avenue, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
authors.forename: Meredith M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Cervi
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850-9761, USA. collinsta@mail.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Agurs-Collins
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850-9761, USA.
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA, 95053, USA.
authors.forename: Chan L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Thai
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850-9761, USA.
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850-9761, USA.
authors.forename: Linda C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Nebeling
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000329:Advertising / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001741:Black or African American; D001628:Beverages; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002253:Carbonated Beverages; D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000208:ethnology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013549:Sweetening Agents; D014481:United States; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D013549:Sweetening Agents
keywords: Adolescents; Food advertising; Racial disparities; Sugar-sweetened beverages