Adherence
Environmental interventions that reduce the availability or increase the price of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) significantly decrease SSB consumption and sales.
To reduce sugar-sweetened beverage intake, change the environment rather than relying on willpower. Make healthy drinks (water, diet) the default and easy to find, while making SSBs harder to find or more expensive. This works for individuals (home delivery of water) and communities (school policies, store promotions).
We found moderate-certainty evidence that traffic-light labelling is associated with decreasing sales of SSBs... We found low-certainty evidence that reduced availability of SSBs in schools is associated with decreased SSB consumption. We found moderate-certainty evidence that price increases on SSBs are associated with decreasing SSB sales.
Why this rating
Moderate to low certainty evidence across multiple study designs (RCTs, CBA, ITS) with large sample sizes.
Source
Environmental interventions to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and their effects on health
Peter von Philipsborn et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019
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