Association of Worksite Food Purchases and Employees' Overall Dietary Quality and Health.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Most Americans spend half their waking hours at work and consume food acquired there. The hypothesis was that the healthfulness of worksite food purchases was associated with employees' overall diet and health.

Methods

Participants were 602 hospital employees who regularly used worksite cafeterias and enrolled in a health promotion study in 2016-2018. All cafeterias used traffic-light labels (green=healthy, yellow=less healthy, red=unhealthy). A Healthy Purchasing Score was calculated for each participant by summing weighted proportions of cafeteria items purchased over a 3-month observation period (red=0, yellow=0.5, green=1; range, 0-1). Healthy Eating Index scores (range, 0-100) were calculated based on two 24-hour dietary recalls. BMI, blood pressure, and Hb

SUBMITTER: McCurley JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6589116 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature