A growing movement of hospitals and health systems in the U.S. have stopped selling sugary drinks or reduced their availability in favor of healthier alternatives. Healthier food and beverage environments in hospitals align with their health-focused mission, can have a measurable impact on employee health, and spur action among other employers and organizations.

Join the Public Health Law Center and American Cancer Society in learning from the University of California, San Francisco, which ended the sale of sugary drinks in all campus sites and medical facilities in 2015. The presenters will discuss the development and implementation of the UCSF Healthy Beverage Initiative, how they evaluated the impact of the policy on employee health, and how they are leveraging their experience to catalyze broader change.

This webinar is the second in a four-part series on creating healthier food and beverage environments in hospitals and healthcare settings.

Resources:
Healthy Healthcare Toolkit
Sugar Science Healthy Beverage Initiative Webpage
Webinar Slides

Articles

Epel, E. S., Hartman, A., Jacobs, L. M., Leung, C., Cohn, M. A., Jensen, L., ... & Stanhope, K. L. (2020). Association of a workplace sales ban on sugar-sweetened beverages with employee consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and health. JAMA Internal Medicine, 180(1), 9-16

Basu, S., Jacobs, L. M., Epel, E., Schillinger, D., & Schmidt, L. (2020). Cost-Effectiveness Of A Workplace Ban On Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales: A Microsimulation Model: A simulation model estimates the employee health and health care spending impacts of a workplace ban on sugar-sweetened beverage sales. Health Affairs, 39(7), 1140-1148.

Cleveland, D. A., & Jay, J. A. (2020). Integrating climate and food policies in higher education: a case study of the University of California. Climate Policy, 1-17.

Videos

Epel, Mason et al. The Face of Food Addiction: Living Through and Beyond

Schmidt, Lustig, Kearns. Foodgate: The Break-in, the Cover-up, & the Aftermath

Presenters:
Laura A. Schmidt, Ph.D, M.S.W., M.P.H., Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Elissa Epel, Ph.D, Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Moderator:
Craig Moscetti, M.P.H., Policy Analyst, Public Health Law Center