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Can Public Health Interventions Change Immediate and Long-Term Dietary Behaviours? Encouraging Evidence from a Pilot Study of the U.K. Change4Life Sugar Swaps Campaign

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posted on 2023-07-26, 15:39 authored by Daniel J. Lamport, Szu-Yun Wu, Jenni Drever-Heaps, Orla Hugueniot, Daniel J. W. Jones, Orla B. Kennedy, Claire M. Williams, Laurie T. Butler
The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the U.K. Change4Life Sugar Swaps campaign for improving nutritional intake in a small sample of families prior to the 2015 nationwide launch. A total of 49 participants from 14 families received information and materials during a two-week intervention period in November 2014 encouraging them to swap high sugar foods and drinks for low sugar alternatives. Daily dietary intake was reported with online food diaries over four stages, each two weeks in length: (i) baseline (no information provided), (ii) intervention when Sugar Swaps materials were accessible, (iii) immediate follow-up, and (iv) one year on from baseline. Data were analysed for sugar, glucose, fructose, sucrose, lactose, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, protein, salt, fibre, vitamin C, and energy. During the intervention, significant daily reductions of 32 g sugar, 11 g fat, and 236 kcal for each family member were observed, among others, and 61% of benefits achieved during the intervention period were maintained at immediate follow-up. Encouragingly, for children, reductions in sugar, sucrose, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, and energy were observed one year on. The Sugar Swaps Campaign is potentially an effective public health intervention for improving short- and long-term dietary behaviour for the whole family.

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  • Yes

Volume

14

Issue number

1

Page range

68

Publication title

Nutrients

ISSN

2072-6643

Publisher

MDPI

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  • Published version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2022-01-04

Legacy creation date

2022-01-04

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Science & Engineering

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