Enhanced Measurement of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Marketing to Young Immigrant Children in Grocery Store Environments

Dastgerdizad, Hadis; Dombrowski, Rachael D.; Kulik, Noel; Knoff, Kathryn A. G.; Bode, Bree; Mallare, James; Elyaderani, Dariush K.; Kaur, Ravneet

doi:10.3390/nu15132972

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“…Participant grocery stores in this study were all large-format, full-service grocery stores with an abundant selection of food offerings. Given that the stores are independently owned vs. corporately owned and located in an urban environment, some food products may sell at higher prices in their stores than competitors (e.g., Wal-Mart) [77][78][79][80]. Participating grocers were located in Hispanic and Latino enclaves in Southwest Detroit and Arab and Chaldean enclaves in North Central Detroit (N = 8 stores), Dearborn (N = 13 stores), Hamtramck (N = 3 stores), and Warren, MI (N = 6 stores).…”

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Community Solutions to Increase the Healthfulness of Grocery Stores: Perspectives of Immigrant Parents

Dastgerdizad,

Dombrowski,

Bode

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Grocery store environments are recognized as one of the most crucial community settings for developing and maintaining healthy nutritional behaviors in children. This is especially true for disadvantaged ethnic minority families, such as immigrants, who reside in the Detroit Metropolitan area and have historically experienced inequities that result in poor health outcomes. Rates of obesity and type II diabetes have affected Detroit 38% more than the rest of the state and nationwide. In 2019, almost 54% of children aged 0–17 in Metro Detroit lived in poverty, and 21.6% experienced food insecurity, compared with the state level of 14.2%. Moreover, nearly 50% of ethnic minority children in Metro Detroit consume sports drinks, and 70% consume soda or pop in an average week. The primary purpose of this study was to explore immigrant parents’ perspectives on (1) how in-store Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) marketing impacts the purchasing behaviors of parents and the eating behaviors of toddlers, and the secondary objective was to (2) determine strategies to reduce SSB purchases and consumption within grocery environments from the viewpoints of immigrant parents. A qualitative multiple-case study design was used to achieve the aims of this study. Semi-structured individual interviews were completed with 18 immigrant parents of children aged 2 to 5 years old who were consumers in 30 independently owned full-service grocery stores within the immigrant enclaves of Detroit, Dearborn, Hamtramck, and Warren, Michigan. Three key thematic categories emerged from the parents’ narratives. These themes were: (1) non-supportive grocery store environments; (2) acculturation to the American food environment; and (3) strategies to support reduced SSB consumption among young immigrant children. The findings of this study revealed widespread SSB marketing targeting toddlers within the participating independently owned grocery stores. Even if families with young children practiced healthy nutritional behaviors, the prices, placements, and promotion of SSBs were challenges to establishing and sustaining these healthy eating habits. The parents believed that planning and implementing retail-based strategies in collaboration with families and considering families’ actual demands would assist in managing children’s eating patterns and reducing early childhood obesity.

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confidence: 99%

Community Solutions to Increase the Healthfulness of Grocery Stores: Perspectives of Immigrant Parents

Dastgerdizad,

Dombrowski,

Bode

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Activation of AMPD2 drives metabolic dysregulation and liver disease in mice with hereditary fructose intolerance

Andres-Hernando,

Orlicky,

Kuwabara

et al. 2024

Commun Biol

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Hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI) is a painful and potentially lethal genetic disease caused by a mutation in aldolase B resulting in accumulation of fructose-1-phosphate (F1P). No cure exists for HFI and treatment is limited to avoid exposure to fructose and sugar. Using aldolase B deficient mice, here we identify a yet unrecognized metabolic event activated in HFI and associated with the progression of the disease. Besides the accumulation of F1P, here we show that the activation of the purine degradation pathway is a common feature in aldolase B deficient mice exposed to fructose. The purine degradation pathway is a metabolic route initiated by adenosine monophosphate deaminase 2 (AMPD2) that regulates overall energy balance. We demonstrate that very low amounts of fructose are sufficient to activate AMPD2 in these mice via a phosphate trap. While blocking AMPD2 do not impact F1P accumulation and the risk of hypoglycemia, its deletion in hepatocytes markedly improves the metabolic dysregulation induced by fructose and corrects fat and glycogen storage while significantly increasing the voluntary tolerance of these mice to fructose. In summary, we provide evidence for a critical pathway activated in HFI that could be targeted to improve the metabolic consequences associated with fructose consumption.

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Enhanced Measurement of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Marketing to Young Immigrant Children in Grocery Store Environments

Cited by 2 publications

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Community Solutions to Increase the Healthfulness of Grocery Stores: Perspectives of Immigrant Parents

Community Solutions to Increase the Healthfulness of Grocery Stores: Perspectives of Immigrant Parents

Activation of AMPD2 drives metabolic dysregulation and liver disease in mice with hereditary fructose intolerance

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