The palatability of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: A content analysis of newspaper coverage of the UK sugar debate
The palatability of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: A content analysis of newspaper coverage of the UK sugar debate
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10.1371/journal.pone.0207576
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发表时间：
2018-12-05
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3.7
通讯作者：
Hilton, Shona
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作者：
Buckton, Christina H.;Patterson, Chris;Hilton, Shona
过量的糖消费，包括含糖饮料（SSB），会导致各种负面的健康结果，特别是对年轻人。大众媒体在影响公众和决策者对公共卫生问题及其解决办法的看法方面发挥着强有力的作用。我们分析了糖和SSB政策辩论是如何在英国报纸上提出的，在提高认识的时候，以及在英国政府宣布软饮料行业税（SDIL）之后，为未来的公共卫生宣传提供信息。结果我们对2015年4月至2016年11月在11家全国性报纸上发表的讨论糖和SSB消费问题的文章进行了定量内容分析。使用结构化编码框架分析了684篇报纸文章。报道高峰与证据出版、活动家活动和政策事件一致。主要支持SSB征税的文章（23.5%）数量超过了主要反对的文章（14.2%）。然而，在宣布SDIL的那个月，反对的文章超过了支持的文章。糖和SSB消费被认为是健康风险，特别是影响到年轻人，而工业界的行动往往被认为是公共卫生问题的根源。解决糖过度消费的责任主要分配给政府intervention.ConclusionOur结果表明，有利于财政解决方案，以遏制糖和SSB消费的政策景观受益于媒体报道的问题作为一个行业驱动的问题。媒体报道可能会推动公众更好地接受SDIL和未来对含糖产品的任何征税。然而，未来的宣传工作应注意到，在宣布SDIL的同时，反对意见激增，这与烟草控制辩论中观察到的反对模式相似。
BackgroundExcess sugar consumption, including sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), contributes to a variety of negative health outcomes, particularly for young people. The mass media play a powerful role in influencing public and policy-makers' perceptions of public health issues and their solutions. We analysed how sugar and SSB policy debates were presented in UK newspapers at a time of heightened awareness and following the announcement of the UK Government's soft drinks industry levy (SDIL), to inform future public health advocacy.Methods & findingsWe carried out quantitative content analysis of articles discussing the issues of sugar and SSB consumption published in 11 national newspapers from April 2015 to November 2016. 684 newspaper articles were analysed using a structured coding frame. Coverage peaked in line with evidence publication, campaigner activities and policy events. Articles predominantly supportive of SSB taxation (23.5%) outnumbered those that were predominantly oppositional (14.2%). However, oppositional articles outnumbered supportive ones in the month of the announcement of the SDIL. Sugar and SSB consumption were presented as health risks, particularly affecting young people, with the actions of industry often identified as the cause of the public health problem. Responsibility for addressing sugar overconsumption was primarily assigned to government intervention.ConclusionOur results suggest that the policy landscape favouring fiscal solutions to curb sugar and SSB consumption has benefited from media coverage characterising the issue as an industry-driven problem. Media coverage may drive greater public acceptance of the SDIL and any future taxation of products containing sugar. However, future advocacy efforts should note the surge in opposition coinciding with the announcement of the SDIL, which echoes similar patterns of opposition observed in tobacco control debates.