Changes in Sugar-sweetened Beverage Intake and Metabolic Health: Improving Metabolic Profile Very Effortlessly

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Conditions studied: Metabolic Health

In brief

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have been epidemiologically linked to serious health problems including heart disease, liver disease, and diabetes. This study will recruit frequent SSB drinkers who are employees at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and measure markers of metabolic health on two occasions, 10 months apart. During this time, UCSF will cease selling SSBs at all campus and medical center locations. Additionally, at the first assessment half of participants will be randomly assigned to a brief intervention to help reduce SSB consumption, consisting of a 10-20 minute semi-structured interview designed to share health information about SSBs, elicit motivations to reduce consumption, and help set concrete plans to reduce consumption. The investigators will be able to compare changes in metabolic health among those who do and do not reduce SSB consumption. This will make a unique contribution to the growing evidence regarding both the effects of SSB consumption on health and the modifiability of SSB-related health conditions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02585336

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

214

Starts

2015-07-28

Expected to finish

2016-10-16

Last updated by the study team

2021-01-25

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Employed at UCSF
• Reports drinking an average of 60oz or more of sugar-sweetened beverages per week (approximately 8oz/day), over the past month.

You may not qualify if…

• Unwilling or medically advised not to fast in preparation for a fasting blood draw
• Reports vasovagal response (fainting) following blood draws or needle sticks in the past.
• Pregnant (health outcome measures from pre- to post-partum will not be comparable).
• Diagnosed with diabetes (type 1 or type 2)
• Not fluent in English

Where it is running

• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

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