Adapting anti-tobacco messages to ultraprocessed foods: message framing's impact on attitudes toward the food industry

IF 4.2 2区医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Obesity Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI:10.1002/oby.24272

Kathleen E. Good, Lindsey Parnarouskis, Jenna R. Cummings, Ashley N. Gearhardt

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Abstract

Objective

Ultraprocessed food consumption is associated with worse health. Ultraprocessed food companies apply production and advertising tactics used for tobacco products. Anti-tobacco campaigns that have highlighted industry manipulation have reduced youth tobacco use and increased support for tobacco-related policies. This study explored whether similar messaging affected attitudes and beliefs toward the food industry, support for obesity-related policies, and weight stigma.

Methods

Participants aged 18 to 25 years were randomized to watch presentations emphasizing the following: 1) food industry manipulation and product addictiveness; 2) food industry manipulation and product health harms; 3) individual choices and food addiction; 4) individual choices and health harms; or 5) a control. Participants completed questionnaires regarding attitudes and beliefs toward the food industry, support for obesity-related policies, and weight stigma.

Results

Messages that emphasized food industry manipulation and product addictiveness were associated with increased negative attitudes toward the food industry versus control. Industry-focused messages were associated with increased negative beliefs regarding industry practices versus control. No significant effects were observed on support for obesity-related policies and weight stigma.

Conclusions

Emphasizing food industry manipulation and product addictiveness appears promising for shifting youth attitudes toward the food industry without increasing weight stigma. Further research is needed to identify messages that shift support for obesity-related policies.

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Obesity 医学-内分泌学与代谢

CiteScore

11.70

自引率

1.40%

发文量

261

审稿时长

2-4 weeks

期刊介绍： Obesity is the official journal of The Obesity Society and is the premier source of information for increasing knowledge, fostering translational research from basic to population science, and promoting better treatment for people with obesity. Obesity publishes important peer-reviewed research and cutting-edge reviews, commentaries, and public health and medical developments.