Employees' Baseline Food Choices and the Effect of a Workplace Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating: Secondary Analysis of the ChooseWell 365 Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about whether the effectiveness of workplace wellness programs differs by employees' baseline health behaviors.

Objective

This study examined the association of baseline cafeteria food choices with the effect of a workplace intervention on cafeteria food choices, dietary quality, and body mass index (BMI).

Design

This was a secondary analysis of the ChooseWell 365 randomized controlled trial, testing a set of behavioral interventions to improve diet and prevent weight gain.

Participants/setting

Participants were 602 employees of a Boston, MA, hospital who had purchased food from cafeterias, which used traffic-light food labeling. Data were collected in 2016-2020.

Intervention

The 12-month intervention (plus 12 months' follow-up

SUBMITTER: Salinger MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10592532 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature