Potential effects of warning labels on sugary drinks

In some areas, sugary drinks are required to be labeled with warning labels when they are sold, reminding people that drinking sugary drinks may cause problems such as obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. But are such signs effective? In order to try to find the answer, a research team from Johns Hopkins University in the United States conducted relevant experiments and published the results in the latest issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

In the study, the authors used agent-based modeling to analyze data collected from 2005-2014. The model simulates the average changes in body mass index (BMI) and obesity prevalence in cities that have required sugary drinks to carry relevant warnings over the years. The results of the data analysis show that the obesity prevalence among adolescents in the three cities that have stipulated that sugary drinks must be labeled with relevant warnings has declined.

The study was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 197-204

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