The Impact of Workplace Food and Beverage Choices on Health and Wellness

The Impact of Workplace Food and Beverage Choices on Health and Wellness

The study is designed to determine if instituting a Healthy Beverage Initiative (HBI) at hospitals influences health and wellness of employees over a 12 month period.

To examine whether HBI is associated with decreased adiposity over a 12-month time period, in comparison to individuals identically assessed but not exposed to a HBI. Specifically, do those exposed to the HBI decrease in measures of adiposity, BMI, and sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) intake? Do they decrease more in those measures as compared to those not exposed to the HBI?

Inclusion Criteria:

• The participant speaks and reads English.
• The participant consumes three or more sugar-sweetened beverages a week.
• The participant expects to be able to participate for all 3 visits (baseline, 6 months, and 12 months).

Exclusion Criteria:

The participant is planning an extended leave of absence and/or family medical leave of absence over the next 12 months.