Browsing Public Health Sciences (School of) by Author "Acton, Rachel"
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The impact of price and nutrition labelling on sugary drink purchases: Results from an experimental marketplace study
Acton, Rachel; Hammond, David (Elsevier, 2018-02-01)To examine the effect of front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labelling and sugary drink taxation on consumer beverage purchases. A total of 675 respondents aged 16 years and older participated in an experimental marketplace ... -
Influence of front-of-package nutrition labels on beverage healthiness perceptions: Results from a randomized experiment
Acton, Rachel; Vanderlee, Lana; Hammond, David (Elsevier, 2018-10-01)The current study explored the influence of three summary indicator front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labels on consumer perceptions of the healthiness of different beverage products. In 2016, a total of 675 respondents in ... -
The influence of sugar taxes and front-of-package nutrition labels on consumer purchasing behaviours: a randomized experimental marketplace
Acton, Rachel (University of Waterloo, 2020-06-16)Background: Poor dietary intake remains one of the leading causes of non-communicable disease in Canada and globally. In response, sugar taxes and front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labelling systems are increasingly being ...