Sweet poison: an analysis of adolescents’ consumption of sugarsweetened beverages
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https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i2.1490Keywords:
Social marketing, Sugars, Adolescents, Public health, Awareness.Abstract
In order to understand the influence factors for the reduction of consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, a qualitative approach was adopted in order to develop social marketing tools to promote consumption reduction among adolescents. Interviews were recorded, with a semi-structured script. Eleven adolescents aged 16 to 18 years were interviewed, varying among high school students from public and private institutions in the state of Paraíba. The results indicated that the main incentives for consumption are the taste, price, practicality and harassment of friends and family that encouraged the consumption of sugary drinks. Using social marketing tools, it was found that awareness of the negative aspects of the intake of these beverages, the insertion of regulatory actions and the exposure of the maladies contribute to a new awareness about the consumption of these beverages and the reduction of consumption.
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