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Ability of a mass media campaign to influence knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about sugary drinks and obesity.

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Media campaigns about sugary drinks and obesity may be effective for raising awareness about added sugars in beverages, increasing knowledge about health problems associated with excessive sugar consumption, and prompting behavioral intentions to reduce soda and sugary drink consumption.
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This article is published in Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 2014-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 105 citations till now.

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Added Sugar and Dental Caries in Children: A Scientific Update and Future Steps.

TL;DR: Dental health professionals are in a position to help identify and address problematic sugar-related behaviors in pediatric patients and advocate for broader upstream approaches that can help reduce added sugar intake, prevent tooth decay, and improve health outcomes in vulnerable child populations.
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Public health policies to encourage healthy eating habits: recent perspectives.

TL;DR: Recent public health policies to promote healthier diet patterns are reviewed, including mandates, restrictions, economic incentives, marketing limits, information provision, and environmental defaults.
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Attribute Segmentation and Communication Effects on Healthy and Sustainable Consumer Diet Intentions

TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of sustainability, health, taste and price of food in several food categories was identified and three segments have been identified: pro-self, average, and sustainable conscious consumers.
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Mass Media Campaign to Reduce Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in a Rural Area of the United States

TL;DR: A mass media campaign to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages was followed by intended changes in beliefs and consumption and additional media campaigns on SSBs should be attempted and evaluated.
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A Systematic Search and Review of Adult-Targeted Overweight and Obesity Prevention Mass Media Campaigns and Their Evaluation: 2000-2017.

TL;DR: The evidence suggests that campaigns can have an impact on intermediate outcomes, such as knowledge and attitudes, however, evidence is still limited as to whether campaigns can influence behavior change.
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Relation between consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and childhood obesity: a prospective, observational analysis

TL;DR: In this article, the association between baseline and change in consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks (the independent variables), and difference in measures of obesity, with linear and logistic regression analyses adjusted for potentially confounding variables and clustering of results within schools.
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Prevalence of obesity in the United States, 2009-2010.

TL;DR: There has been a significant increase in obesity prevalence among men and boys but not among women and girls overall over the last decade, and among children and adolescents, the prevalence of obesity was higher among adolescents than among preschool-aged children.
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Toward a Comprehensive Model of Change

TL;DR: In 1984, a group of researchers, theorists, and therapists gathered at an international conference in Scotland to contribute to the development of a more comprehensive model of change for the treatment of addictive behaviors as mentioned in this paper.
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Use of mass media campaigns to change health behaviour

TL;DR: It is concluded that mass media campaigns can produce positive changes or prevent negative changes in health-related behaviours across large populations.
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Effects of Soft Drink Consumption on Nutrition and Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

TL;DR: Clear associations of soft drink intake with increased energy intake and body weight are found and recommended to reduce population soft drink consumption.
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