Warning Labels May Deter Parents From Purchasing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages For Their Kids, Study Suggests.

reports that a new study published online in the journal Pediatrics suggests that parents may be less inclined to buy their children sugar-sweetened beverages if they came with warning labels detailing potential health risks. CNN (1/14, Storrs) reports that the study found that 40 percent of parents who saw the health warning label “went with the sugary drink option, compared with 53% of the parents who saw the calorie label and 60% of those who were given no labels.” CNN points out that “bills are under consideration in New York and California that would require sugar-sweetened beverages to feature health warning labels on their packaging, similar to tobacco warning labels.” http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/01/14/463061869/warning-labels-might-help-parents-buy-fewer-sugary-drinks-study-finds