Network spillover effects associated with the ChooseWell 365 workplace randomized controlled trial to promote healthy food choices.

ABSTRACT: Food choices are closely linked to culture, social relationships, and health. Because many adults spend up to half their time at work, the workplace provides a venue for changing population health-related behaviors and norms. It is unknown whether the effects of a workplace intervention to improve health behaviors might spread beyond participating employees due to social influence. ChooseWell 365 was a randomized controlled trial testing a 12-month healthy eating intervention grounded in principles of behavioral economics. This intervention leveraged an existing cafeteria traffic-light labeling system (green = healthy; red = unhealthy) in a large hospital workplace and demonstrated significant improvements in healthy food choices by employees in the intervention vs. control group. The curr

SUBMITTER: Pachucki MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11385430 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature