Did a workplace sugar-sweetened beverage sales ban reduce anxiety-related sugar-sweetened beverage consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Public Health Nutr
; 27(1): e139, 2024 May 03.
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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 participants (hospital employees) from a larger trial of sales bans; all were regular consumers of SSB (minimum 3/week at main trial enrollment). This subsample was chosen based on having appropriately timed data for our study questions.RESULTS:
Across conditions, participants reduced SSB consumption over the study period. However, participants with higher pandemic-era anxiety scores experienced smaller reductions in SSB consumption after 9 months compared with those with lower anxiety scores (ß = 0·65, P < 0·05). When the sample was disaggregated by sales ban condition, this relationship held for participants in the control group (access to SSB at work, ß = 0·82, P < 0·05), but not for those exposed to an SSB sales ban (ß = 0·42, P = 0·25).CONCLUSIONS:
SSB sales bans likely reduce SSB consumption through multiple pathways; buffering stress-related consumption may be one mechanism.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Ansiedade
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Local de Trabalho
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Bebidas Adoçadas com Açúcar
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article