Effectiveness of a Canteen Take Away concept in promoting healthy eating patterns among employees.
Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2011
Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of a relatively novel concept of providing
employees with healthy ready-to-heat meals to bring home to their families, here
referred to as Canteen Take Away (CTA).
Design: Employees’ dietary intake on two weekdays when they received free CTA
was compared with that on weekdays when they did not receive CTA. Four nonconsecutive
24 h dietary recalls were applied to assess dietary intake on a daily
basis. Moreover, a digital photographic method was used to assess evening meal
intake for three consecutive weeks. Data were analysed using a mixed-effects
model.
Setting: A financial worksite offering CTA.
Subjects: Twenty-seven employees.
Results: Overall dietary quality as expressed by the energy density of the food
(excluding beverages) was found to be significantly lower on days consuming
CTA meals compared to days not consuming CTA with regard to evening meal
intake (average difference: 2187 (95% CI 2225, 2149) kJ/100 g) and on a daily
basis (average difference: 277 (95% CI 2132, 221) kJ/100 g). Other favourable
differences included increased vegetable intake (average difference: 83 (95% CI
67, 98) g/evening meal, 109 (95% CI 62, 155) g/d).
Conclusion: The present study shows that providing healthy take-away dinners
has potential for promoting healthy dietary habits among employees. This
reinforces the importance of availability and convenience as effective tools to
promote healthy eating habits.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Public Health Nutrition |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Journal number | 3 |
| Pages | 452-458 |
| ISSN | 1368-9800 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published |
| Citations | Web of Science® Times Cited: 0 |
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