Reinventing health promotion for healthy default beverage laws in the face of COVID-19.
Glob Health Promot
; 28(1): 79-83, 2021 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1043182
ABSTRACT
Shortly after a healthy default beverage (HDB) law took effect in Hawai'i, requiring restaurants that serve children's meals to offer healthy beverages with the meals, the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Efforts to contain the virus resulted in changes to restaurants' operations and disrupted HDB implementation efforts. Economic repercussions from containment efforts have exacerbated food insecurity, limited access to healthy foods, and created obstacles to chronic disease management. Promoting healthy default options is critical at a time when engaging in healthy behaviors is difficult, but important, to both prevent and manage chronic disease and decrease COVID-19 risk. This commentary discusses COVID-19's impact on restaurant operations and healthy eating, and the resulting challenges and opportunities for this promising health promotion intervention.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Diet, Healthy
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
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COVID-19
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Health Promotion
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Glob Health Promot
Journal subject:
Education
/
Public Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
1757975920986696
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