饮用水龙头:一个多部门计划,以促进在旧金山公园的获取和摄入水
Margaret D Rosenthal1,2, Laura A Schmidt3, Roberto Vargas4
1School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Preventing chronic disease
|August 24, 2023
概括
将含糖饮料 (SSB) 税与公共自来水接入和推广相结合,显著增加了水消耗. 这种双重策略在促进更健康的饮料选择方面被证明比单独的SSB税更有效.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
背景情况:
- 含糖饮料 (SSB) 的税收是为了减少消费而实施的.
- 提议改善获得安全饮用水的机会,以减少SSB摄入中的不平等.
- 没有先前的研究评估了这些策略的结合.
研究的目的:
- 检查加强公共自来水获取和推广,以及SSB税对饮料摄入的影响.
- 为了比较这种综合方法与SSB税单独的有效性.
主要方法:
- 使用了一种准实验性研究设计.
- 在干预前后通过1小时的公园观测 (N=960) 观察饮料摄入量.
- 干预公园的特色是饮水龙头计划 (水站和推广) 加上SSB税;比较公园只有SSB税.
主要成果:
- 与比较公园相比,干预公园的饮用水从公园来源 (+80%) 和可重复使用的瓶子 (+40%) 显著增加.
- 没有观察到瓶装水,果汁或SSB的消费有显著变化.
- 综合策略导致水摄入量增加的幅度大于SSB税单独.
结论:
- 通过SSB税将自来水接入和推广相结合,有效地增加了水消耗.
- 这种综合方法超过了单独实施的SSB税的影响.
- 公共卫生政策应考虑将获取水的举措与SSB减少策略相结合.
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