Miller Caroline, Ettridge Kerry, Kay Enola, Dono Joanne
School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Health Policy Centre, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia.
School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Health Policy Centre, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2025 Jun;49(3):100238. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100238. Epub 2025 Apr 29.
To assess levels of support for potential policy interventions (labelling, banning marketing to children, taxes) to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption; and to assess levels of support when these policies were extended to non-sugar sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice.
Data, collected via a nationally representative online survey of Australian adults (N=2,876), measured support (5-point Likert scales; strongly/somewhat in favour/against, or neutral) for front-of-pack warning labels, banning marketing to children, and taxes, applied to the three beverages. Chi-square (unadjusted) and logistic regressions (adjusted) assessed support.
Support was highest for sugar-sweetened beverage policies, followed by non-sugar-sweetened beverages, and lowest for juice. Across all beverages, support was highest for labelling (83%, 82%, 71%, respectively), followed by marketing bans (73%, 60%, 25%), and taxes (56%, 39%, 14%). Support was typically lower among younger, less educated, most socioeconomically disadvantaged and regular consumers.
Results indicate high receptiveness among the Australian community for beverage policies, especially warning labels, with lower receptiveness towards some policies targeting juice.
These findings can inform the development of effective public health strategies for encouraging healthier beverage consumption, and point to prioritising front-of-pack warning labels, given the consistently high support for this policy.
评估针对减少含糖饮料消费的潜在政策干预措施（标签标注、禁止向儿童营销、征税）的支持程度；并评估当这些政策扩展至非含糖饮料和100%果汁时的支持程度。
通过对澳大利亚成年人进行具有全国代表性的在线调查收集数据（N = 2876），测量对适用于这三种饮料的包装正面警示标签、禁止向儿童营销和征税的支持程度（5级李克特量表；强烈支持/有些支持/反对或中立）。采用卡方检验（未调整）和逻辑回归（调整后）评估支持情况。
对含糖饮料政策的支持度最高，其次是非含糖饮料，对果汁的支持度最低。在所有饮料中，对标签标注的支持度最高（分别为83%、82%、71%），其次是营销禁令（73%、60%、25%），征税的支持度最低（56%、39%、14%）。在年轻人、受教育程度较低、社会经济地位最不利的人群以及经常消费的人群中，支持度通常较低。
结果表明澳大利亚社区对饮料政策，尤其是警示标签的接受度较高，而对一些针对果汁的政策接受度较低。
这些发现可为制定鼓励更健康饮料消费的有效公共卫生策略提供参考，并鉴于对该政策一直以来的高度支持，指出应优先考虑包装正面警示标签。
