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

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 n 315; control n 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 (ab

SUBMITTER: Schmidt JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10564602 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature