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. 2021 Jul 8;24(13):4371–4375. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021002597

Table 2.

Binary logistic regressions exploring the association between high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) marketing awareness and consumption of group 1 foods

Variable and reference categories Food and drink product types
Sugary drinks* Flavoured yoghurts* Sweets/choclate* Cakes and biscuits* Fruit Vegetables Diet/sugar-free drinks Crisps* Desserts*
AOR P AOR P AOR P AOR P AOR P AOR P AOR P AOR P AOR P
Age
  11–13 years Ref NS Ref <0·001 Ref 0·001 Ref <0·001 Ref <0·001 Ref NS Ref 0·007 Ref <0·001 Ref <0·001
  14–17 years (v. younger) 1·26 0·028 0·63 <0·001 0·76 0·010 0·81 0·034 0·71 0·005 0·96 NS 1·09 NS 0·67 <0·001 0·61 <0·001
  18–19 years (v. younger) 1·08 NS 0·42 <0·001 0·74 0·003 0·58 <0·001 0·63 <0·001 0·73 0·022 0·73 0·004 0·62 <0·001 0·53 <0·001
Gender
  Female Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Male 1·75 <0·001 1·14 NS 0·97 NS 1·13 NS 0·69 <0·001 0·84 NS 1·25 0·013 1·26 0·005 1·19 0·033
Ethnicity
  Other Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
  White British 1·00 NS 1·24 NS 1·43 0·002 1·13 NS 0·83 NS 1·31 NS 1·42 0·005 1·54 <0·001 1·11 NS
Country
  England Ref 0·011 Ref NS Ref NS Ref NS Ref NS Ref 0·001 Ref NS Ref NS Ref <0·001
  Wales (v. England) 1·02 NS 0·88 NS 1·02 NS 0·85 NS 0·89 NS 0·52 0·002 0·74 NS 0·99 NS 0·77 NS
  Scotland (v. England) 1·38 0·017 0·87 NS 1·30 NS 1·14 NS 1·05 NS 0·58 0·003 1·13 NS 0·86 NS 0·54 <0·001
  Northern Ireland (v. England) 1·64 0·012 1·35 NS 1·09 NS 1·16 NS 1·04 NS 0·65 NS 1·07 NS 1·30 NS 0·34 <0·001
IMD
  1 Ref <0·001 Ref NS Ref NS Ref NS Ref NS Ref <0·001 Ref NS Ref NS Ref NS
  2 (v. 1) 0·67 0·004 1·02 NS 1·37 0·028 1·36 0·027 1·22 NS 1·59 0·009 1·01 NS 0·97 NS 1·20 NS
  3 (v. 1, 2) 0·98 NS 0·93 NS 1·14 NS 1·20 NS 1·09 NS 1·41 0·029 0·94 NS 0·73 0·006 1·10 NS
  4 (v. 1, 2, 3) 0·64 <0·001 0·99 NS 0·99 NS 1·09 NS 1·18 NS 1·94 <0·001 1·01 NS 0·86 NS 1·19 NS
  5 (v. 1, 2, 3, 4) 0·75 0·014 0·91 NS 0·89 NS 0·92 NS 1·22 NS 2·33 <0·001 0·97 NS 0·98 NS 1·24 NS
Weight status
  Underweight Ref NS Ref NS Ref NS Ref 0·011 Ref <0·001 Ref <0·001 Ref <0·001 Ref NS Ref NS
  Healthy weight (v. underweight§) 1·10 NS 1·08 NS 1·06 NS 0·71 0·005 0·95 NS 0·96 NS 1·42 0·006 0·96 NS 1·08 NS
  Overweight (v. underweight and healthy) 1·25 NS 1·24 NS 0·94 NS 0·76 0·025 0·72 0·018 0·72 NS 1·71 <0·001 0·92 NS 0·94 NS
  Obese (v. all other) 1·13 NS 0·77 NS 1·38 NS 0·79 NS 0·50 0·001 0·42 <0·001 3·46 <0·001 1·03 NS 1·04 NS
Marketing awareness
  Low Ref <0·001 Ref 0·006 Ref 0·026 Ref <0·001 Ref NS Ref NS Ref <0·001 Ref 0·006 Ref NS
  Medium (v. low) 1·82 <0·001 1·35 NS 1·32 NS 1·49 0·014 1·17 NS 1·27 NS 1·41 NS 1·41 0·034 1·17 NS
  High (v. low and medium) 2·29 <0·001 1·48 0·010 1·47 0·010 1·78 <0·001 1·22 NS 0·95 NS 1·68 <0·001 1·50 0·004 1·38 0·022
  Not stated (v. all other) 0·93 NS 0·85 NS 1·01 NS 1·02 NS 0·93 NS 0·90 NS 0·90 NS 1·05 NS 0·93 NS

AOR, adjusted OR; IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.

Dependant variable for all models = high consumption (≥2 portions per week) v. low (≤1 portion); Hosmer–Lemeshow test for all models, P > 0·05; χ 2 test of coefficients for all models, P < 0·001.

*

HFSS products.

Non-HFSS products.

HFSS alternatives. Cases with missing data on one or more variables excluded model-by-model sugary drinks (n 894), flavoured yoghurts (n 910), sweets/chocolate (n 891), cake/biscuits (n 897), fruit (n 899), vegetables (n 898), diet/sugar-free drinks (n 926), crisps (n 891) and desserts (n 905).