Did a workplace sugar-sweetened beverage sales ban reduce anxiety-related sugar-sweetened beverage consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Workplace sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) sales bans can reduce SSB consumption. Because stress and anxiety can promote sugar consumption, we examined whether anxiety among hospital employees during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with changes in SSB consumption and explored whether this relationship varied by exposure to a workplace SSB sales ban.

Design

In a prospective, controlled trial of workplace SSB sales bans, we examined self-reported anxiety (generalised anxiety disorder-7) and self-reported SSB consumption (fluid ounces/d) before (July 2019) and during (May 2020) the COVID-19 pandemic.

Setting

Hospital sites in two conditions (four with SSB sales bans and three without sales bans) in Northern California.

Participants

We sampled 580 part

SUBMITTER: Jacobs LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11374549 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature