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Table 3 Changes in drink popularity across rounds, by experimental condition

From: Impacts of sugar and sweetener warning labels on substitution between sugar- and non-sugar-sweetened beverages in a non-hypothetical selection task

N = 414

Drink selection

Change in drink selectiona

Round 1 (control)

Round 2 (warning label)

Round 3 (warning label + HSR icons)

Round 1 → 2

Round 2 → 3

Round 1 → 3

%

%

%

%

%

%

Sugary drinks warning label condition

SSBs

46.5

29.6

23.9

 − 16.9 ***

 − 5.7

 − 22.6 ***

  Soft drink

12.2

7.5

5.6

 − 4.7

 − 1.9

 − 6.6

  Energy drink

2.8

2.3

3.3

 − 0.5

1.0

0.5

  Sports drink

10.8

6.1

4.7

 − 4.7

 − 1.4

 − 6.1

  Iced tea

20.7

13.6

10.3

 − 7.1

 − 3.3

 − 10.4

Juice

16.4

12.2

13.6

 − 4.2

1.4

 − 2.8

NSSBs

29.1

40.8

43.7

11.7 **

2.9

14.6 ***

  No-sugar soft drink

10.3

16.9

13.6

6.6

 − 3.3

3.3

  No-sugar energy drink

2.3

2.8

5.6

0.5

2.8

3.3

  No-sugar sports drink

4.7

8.0

7.5

3.3

 − 0.5

2.8

  No-sugar iced tea

11.7

13.1

16.9

1.4

3.8

5.2

Water

8.0

17.4

18.8

9.4 **

1.4

10.8 ***

Sugary drinks plus NSSB warning label condition

SSBs

37.8

31.8

26.4

 − 6.0

 − 5.4

 − 11.4 **

  Soft drink

10.9

5.0

6.0

 − 5.9

1.0

 − 4.9

  Energy drink

2.0

1.5

1.5

 − 0.5

0.0

 − 0.5

  Sports drink

6.5

5.5

5.5

 − 1.0

0.0

 − 1.0

  Iced tea

18.4

19.9

13.4

1.5

 − 6.5

 − 5.0

Juice

15.4

10.4

13.9

 − 5.0

3.5

 − 1.5

NSSBs

36.3

40.3

41.3

4.0

1.0

5.0

  No-sugar soft drink

10.0

11.4

10.0

1.4

 − 1.4

0.0

  No-sugar energy drink

4.0

4.0

5.5

0.0

1.5

1.5

  No-sugar sports drink

8.5

8.0

7.5

 − 0.5

 − 0.5

 − 1.0

  No-sugar iced tea

13.9

16.9

18.4

3.0

1.5

4.5

Water

10.4

17.4

16.4

7.0 *

 − 1.0

6.0 *

  1. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001
  2. aRepeated-samples Cochran’s Q test with pairwise comparisons (McNemar) adjusted using Bonferroni corrections