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Believing that certain foods are addictive is associated with support for obesity-related public policies

Overview of attention for article published in Preventive Medicine, June 2016
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Title
Believing that certain foods are addictive is associated with support for obesity-related public policies
Published in
Preventive Medicine, June 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.06.018
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Alyssa Moran, Aviva Musicus, Jackie Soo, Ashley N. Gearhardt, Sarah E. Gollust, Christina A. Roberto

Abstract

There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that certain foods may be addictive. Although evidence that nicotine is addictive generated support for anti-tobacco policies, little research has examined whether beliefs about the addictiveness of food are associated with support for policies to address overconsumption of nutritionally poor foods. U.S. adults (n=999) recruited from an online marketplace in February 2015 completed a survey. Using logistic regression, we examined the relationship between beliefs about the addictiveness of certain foods and support for twelve obesity-related policies while controlling for demographics, health status, political affiliation and ideology, beliefs about obesity, and attitudes towards food companies. We examined whether the association between beliefs about addictiveness and support for policies was consistent across other products and behaviors viewed as addictive (i.e., tobacco, alcohol, drugs, compulsive behaviors). In multivariable models, there was a significant association (OR; 95% CI) between beliefs about addictiveness and support for policies for compulsive behaviors (1.48; 1.26-1.74), certain foods (1.32; 1.14-1.53), drugs (1.23; 1.05-1.45), and alcohol (1.21; 1.08-1.36) but not for tobacco (1.11; 0.90-1.37). For foods, the association between beliefs about addictiveness and obesity-related policy support was the strongest between such beliefs and support for labels warning that certain foods may be addictive, industry reductions in salt and sugar, energy drink bans, and sugary drink portion size limits. Overall, believing that products/behaviors are addictive was associated with support for policies intended to curb their use. If certain foods are found to be addictive, framing them as such may increase obesity-related policy support.

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Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 17 17%
Researcher 14 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 13%
Student > Bachelor 10 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 6%
Other 23 23%
Unknown 17 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 19 19%
Social Sciences 14 14%
Psychology 12 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 11%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 5 5%
Other 21 21%
Unknown 18 18%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 April 2017.
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#3,222,362
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#55,511
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#29
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