Estimating the Impact on Parents’ Infant Feeding Choices of Increasing Age Guidance and Adding Sugar Warning Labels to Commercial Infant Foods: A Mixed-Methods Study
Results suggest that the mandatory use of minimum age guidance and SWLs on CIF could provide parents with agency and shift feeding behaviors toward closer alignment with recommendations. Importantly, the impact of these label changes appears socioeconomically equitable, and they are supported by parents.
Authors
- Andrew Steptoe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7808-4943)
- Rana Conway (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0955-7107)
- Clare Llewellyn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0066-2827)
- Florence Sheen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6256-4395)
- Ivonne P. M. Derks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0137-3697)
Institutions
- Loughborough University (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Developments in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.107443
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88