Munsell Christina R, Harris Jennifer L, Sarda Vishnudas, Schwartz Marlene B
1Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity,Yale University,309 Edwards Street,New Haven,CT 06511,USA.
Public Health Nutr. 2016 Jan;19(1):46-54. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015000397. Epub 2015 Mar 11.
To assess potential misperceptions among parents regarding the healthfulness of sugary drinks for their children.
Online survey of parents. Participants identified the categories and specific brands of sugary drinks they provided for their children. They also indicated their perceptions of sugary drink categories and brands as healthy options for children, perceived importance of on-package claims in purchase decisions and their concerns about common sugary drink ingredients.
Online market research panel.
Parents (n 982) of 2- to 17-year-olds, 46 % non-white or Hispanic.
Ninety-six per cent of parents provided on average 2·9 different categories of sugary drinks for their children in the past month. Flavoured waters, fruit drinks and sports drinks were rated as the healthiest sugary drink categories. Across all categories and brands, parents who purchased specific products rated them as significantly healthier than those who did not (P<0·05). Over half of parents reported concern about caffeine, sugar and artificial sweeteners in sugary drinks that their children consume and approximately one-third reported that on-package ingredient claims were important in their purchase decisions.
Nearly all parents provide sugary drinks for their children and many believe that some sugary drinks are healthy options for children, particularly flavoured waters, fruit drinks and sports drinks. Furthermore, many parents rely upon on-package claims in their purchase decisions. Given excessive consumption of added sugar by children in the home, there is a continuing need to address parents' misperceptions about the healthfulness of many sugary drink products.
评估家长们对含糖饮料对孩子健康影响的潜在误解。
对家长进行在线调查。参与者需指出他们为孩子提供的含糖饮料类别及具体品牌。他们还需表明对含糖饮料类别和品牌作为儿童健康饮品的看法、包装声明在购买决策中的重要性以及对常见含糖饮料成分的担忧。
在线市场研究小组。
2至17岁孩子的家长（n = 982），其中46%为非白人或西班牙裔。
96%的家长在过去一个月平均为孩子提供2.9种不同类别的含糖饮料。调味水、果汁饮料和运动饮料被评为最健康的含糖饮料类别。在所有类别和品牌中，购买特定产品的家长认为这些产品比未购买的家长认为的要健康得多（P<0.05）。超过一半的家长表示担心孩子饮用的含糖饮料中的咖啡因、糖和人工甜味剂，约三分之一的家长表示包装上的成分声明在他们的购买决策中很重要。
几乎所有家长都为孩子提供含糖饮料，许多家长认为某些含糖饮料是儿童的健康选择，特别是调味水、果汁饮料和运动饮料。此外，许多家长在购买决策中依赖包装声明。鉴于家中儿童添加糖的摄入量过多，持续有必要解决家长们对许多含糖饮料产品健康性的误解。
