What keeps consumers hooked on high sugar soft drink? Advertising, of course. But why are some consumers more adept at ignoring these cues than others?
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What keeps consumers hooked on high sugar soft drink? Advertising, of course. But why are some consumers more adept at ignoring these cues than others?
A new study from Flinders University, published in
Appetite, found participants with an automatic bias towards soft drinks - or difficulty resisting sweet drinks compared to non-sweetened control beverages (e.g., water) - were more responsive to the ads than those without these tendencies.
The Australian study compared the ability of 127 university-age students (18-25 year olds) to withstand or succumb to the urge to reach for a soft drink when viewing television advertisements.
A decision by the Australian and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation has seen orange juice go from a five-star designation under the Health.
also this morning, let the sugar flow. new york s ban on super-sized sugary drink has been overturned. also this morning, mayor bloomberg, of course, is fuming because of the news. vowing to appeal what a judge undid yesterday. quite a complicated thing he had going there. oh, man, all over soda, man, and sugar, yeah. hot debate. and a look at the miracle makers. we go to rome for this one of course, where we draw back the curtains to discover how a man or a woman becomes a saint. this whole process, not only with the pope going on, the whole pope selection process in rome, but now that part of the story. so many fascinating details about how it s all worked out and tradition and history. cool little story there. the microscope back on rome after years and years. could be this week, matter of days. we ll see. but first, when the cardinals do enter the sistine chapel in a few hours from now, one of them, of course, will ultimately emerge as the next leader of the world s c
he brought a couple of his celebrity friends with him. relax, alec. candace bergen. the first female member of the five timers club. and i would like to say, something. i, too wish we had a second bathroom but while we re all sharing, could you please try to remember the leave the toilet seat down? don t look at me. i didn t do it. i go in the sink. this place is the best. i love being a five timer. nice friends. and don t touch my super sized soda. that s pretty much what new yorkers say about that ban on sugary drink, but wait, the new rule affects coffee as well? that s not going to go over well.