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Table 3 Estimates of the Impact of Warning Labels on Measures of Diet Quality for Beverage Purchases in the Pilot-DIET Study (N = 432)

From: Pilot randomized controlled trial testing the influence of front-of-pack sugar warning labels on food demand

Dependent Variable

Proportion of High-in Sugar Products (%)

Total Sugar Purchased (g)

Sugar purchased per dollar spent (g / $)

Total Dollar Spent ($)

Total expenditure on high-in-sugar products ($)

Coefficient [Std. Error]

Coefficient [Std. Error]

Coefficient [Std. Error]

Coefficient [Std. Error]

Coefficient [Std. Error]

Constant

0.06

76.47

19.73

12.28

−3.79

[0.10]

[132.96]

[5.43]

[7.10]

[3.52]

Stop Sign Label

−0.06 *

54.97

−0.06

0.57

0.08

[0.03]

[44.21]

[1.81]

[2.36]

[1.17]

Warning Label

−0.11 ***

− 0.48

−2.10

1.52

− 0.25

[0.03]

[44.22]

[1.81]

[2.36]

[1.17]

Age (years)

0.00 ***

3.06 *

−0.01

0.13

0.20 ***

[0.00]

[1.75]

[0.07]

[0.09]

[0.05]

BMI (kg/m2)

0.00

4.62

−0.02

0.00

0.12

[0.00]

[4.52]

[0.19]

[0.24]

[0.12]

Female

0.08 ***

−32.72

0.63

−4.16 **

1.07

[0.03]

[38.29]

[1.56]

[2.05]

[1.01]

Chinese

0.04

33.14

−2.25

5.12 *

1.38

[0.04]

[54.40]

[2.22]

[2.91]

[1.44]

Primary grocery Purchaser

−0.04

−55.38

−1.09

−0.75

−1.40

[0.03]

[41.79]

[1.71]

[2.23]

[1.11]

Has Children

−0.02

−32.57

−0.29

−1.36

− 1.19

[0.03]

[41.24]

[1.68]

[2.20]

[1.09]

  1. * P < 0.1, ** P < 0.05, *** P < 0.01