Table 2.
Awareness and discouragement of the harms of sugary drink consumption (n = 1,078)
| Discouragement |
Awareness |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | % | r | |
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| Child Health Harms | ||||
| Obesity | 4.11 | 1.12 | 74 | 0.23 |
| Pre-diabetes | 4.10 | 1.13 | 66 | 0.27 |
| Tooth decay | 4.07 | 1.09 | 75 | 0.29 |
| Weight gain | 4.03 | 1.12 | 73 | 0.24 |
| Sleep problems | 3.84 | 1.20 | 43 | 0.14 |
| Anxiety and stress | 3.84 | 1.20 | 32 | 0.14 |
| Headaches | 3.80 | 1.20 | 30 | 0.19 |
| Adult Health Harms | ||||
| Type II diabetes | 4.06 | 1.14 | 68 | 0.25 |
| Obesity | 4.04 | 1.14 | 68 | 0.26 |
| Weight gain | 4.04 | 1.13 | 69 | 0.23 |
| Obesity, which increases risk of some cancers | 4.04 | 1.16 | 54 | 0.26 |
| Tooth decay | 3.97 | 1.16 | 62 | 0.23 |
| Heart disease | 3.97 | 1.20 | 44 | 0.21 |
| High blood pressure | 3.93 | 1.20 | 51 | 0.25 |
| Early death | 3.88 | 1.29 | 27 | 0.18 |
| Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease | 3.84 | 1.25 | 27 | 0.17 |
| Sleep problems | 3.78 | 1.23 | 40 | 0.17 |
| Headaches | 3.77 | 1.23 | 38 | 0.17 |
| Feeling tired | 3.72 | 1.23 | 41 | 0.21 |
| Arthritis | 3.69 | 1.31 | 18 | 0.10 |
| Gout | 3.63 | 1.31 | 18 | 0.19 |
| Infertility | 3.59 | 1.38 | 16 | 0.10 |
| Mean among all harms | 3.90 | 1.20 | 47 | 0.20 |
Discouragement rated on a Likert-type scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the least discouraged and 5 being the most discouraged. SD = standard deviation. Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) unadjusted.