Controlled Trial of a Workplace Sales Ban on Sugar-sweetened Beverages

Overview

Journal Public Health Nutr

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Date 2023 Jul 19

PMID 37465952

Authors

Jamey M Schmidt

Elissa S Epel

Laurie M Jacobs

Ashley E Mason

Bethany Parrett

Amanda M Pickett

Leyla M Mousli

Laura A Schmidt

Affiliations

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Abstract

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of a workplace sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) sales ban on reducing SSB consumption in employees, including those with cardiometabolic disease risk factors.

Design: A controlled trial of ethnically diverse, full-time employees who consumed SSB heavily (sales ban 315; control 342). Outcomes included standardised measures of change in SSB consumption in the workplace (primary) and at home between baseline and 6 months post-sales ban.

Setting: Sutter Health, a large non-profit healthcare delivery system in Northern California.

Participants: Full-time employees at Sutter Health screened for heavy SSB consumption.

Results: Participants were 66·1 % non-White. On average, participants consumed 34·7 ounces (about 1 litre) of SSB per d, and the majority had an elevated baseline BMI (mean = 29·5). In adjusted regression analyses, those exposed to a workplace SSB sales ban for 6 months consumed 2·7 (95 % CI -4·9, -0·5) fewer ounces of SSB per d while at work, and 4·3 (95 % CI -8·4, -0·2) fewer total ounces per d, compared to controls. Sales ban participants with an elevated BMI or waist circumference had greater post-intervention reductions in workplace SSB consumption.

Conclusions: Workplace sales bans can reduce SSB consumption in ethnically diverse employee populations, including those at higher risk for cardiometabolic disease.

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