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Trial reportPublic health nutrition2023

Controlled trial of a workplace sales ban on sugar-sweetened beverages.

Jamey M Schmidt, Elissa S Epel, Laurie M Jacobs, Ashley E Mason, Bethany Parrett, Amanda M Pickett, Leyla M Mousli, Laura A Schmidt

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Public health nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jamey M SchmidtSutter Health California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Elissa S EpelDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Laurie M JacobsPhilip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Ashley E MasonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Bethany ParrettSutter Health California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Amanda M PickettSutter Health California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Leyla M MousliPhilip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Laura A SchmidtPhilip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Funding

Testing combinations of population interventions to encourage healthy eatingR01DK116852 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SCHILLINGER, DEAN · 2018 to 2022
$3.7M
Multi-Level Trial of a Workplace Sales Ban of Sugary Beverages and Brief Motivational Counseling Intervention on AdiposityR01DK132870 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Elissa S. Epel, Laura A Schmidt · 2022 to 2026
$3.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK116852NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK132870
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo 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.

designA controlled trial of ethnically diverse, full-time employees who consumed SSB heavily (sales ban

settingSutter Health, a large non-profit healthcare delivery system in Northern California.

participantsFull-time employees at Sutter Health screened for heavy SSB consumption.

resultsParticipants 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.

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

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesSugar-Sweetened BeveragesBeveragesHumansWorkplaceDiabetes preventionFood environmentsObesity preventionSugar-sweetened beveragesWorkplace interventions

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PMID37465952
PMCPMC10564602

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