The purpose of this study was to explore awareness and opinions about sugar-sweetened beverage policy—specifically pouring rights contracts—on a university campus. Participants were 915 students, staff, and faculty currently studying or under employment at the University of Iowa. Participants completed an online survey. Nearly two-thirds (64.2%) of participants reported not being aware of pouring rights prior to completing the survey. Over one-third (38.0%) of participants reported they agreed with universities engaging in pouring rights contracts, while 30.9% of participants neither agreed or disagreed, and 31.0% disagreed with universities engaging in pouring rights contracts. Respondents who identified as male, undergraduate students, and those who agreed that individuals are responsible for their own sugar-sweetened beverage consumption were more likely to support engaging in pouring rights contracts. Understanding awareness, support, and determinants of support for pouring rights contracts is important for those involved in establishing policies targeting sugar-sweetened beverage availability on college campuses.
Thesis
Awareness and opinions about sugar-sweetened beverage policy in a university setting
University of Iowa
Master of Science (MS), University of Iowa
Summer 2019
DOI: 10.17077/etd.4umb-ha4k
Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Awareness and opinions about sugar-sweetened beverage policy in a university setting
- Creators
- Helaina Thompson - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Lucas Carr (Advisor)Kara Whitaker (Committee Member)Rachel Young (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (MS), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Health and Human Physiology
- Date degree season
- Summer 2019
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.4umb-ha4k
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- v, 35 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2019 Helaina Thompson
- Language
- English
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-35).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
The purpose of this study was to explore awareness and opinions about sugar-sweetened beverage policy—specifically pouring rights contracts—on a university campus. Pouring rights contracts are agreements between schools and beverage companies that involve large payments to schools in exchange for exclusive beverage marketing and sales rights on college campuses.
Participants in this study were students, staff, and faculty currently studying or under employment at the University of Iowa who completed an online survey. Nearly two-thirds of participants reported not being aware of pouring rights prior to completing the survey. Over one-third (38.0%) of participants reported they agreed with universities engaging in pouring rights contracts, but there was no simple majority support for pouring rights contracts among participants. Respondents who identified as male, undergraduate students, and those who agreed that individuals are responsible for their own sugar-sweetened beverage consumption were more likely to support pouring rights contracts. Understanding awareness, support, and determinants of support for pouring rights contracts is important for those involved in establishing policies targeting sugar-sweetened beverage availability on college campuses.
- Academic Unit
- Health, Sport, and Human Physiology
- Record Identifier
- 9983776834002771
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