Keybridge Research, LLC, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct;102(10):1928-35. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300610. Epub 2012 Aug 16.
We developed a data collection and monitoring system to independently evaluate the self-regulatory effort to reduce the number of beverage calories available to children during the regular and extended school day. We have described the data collection procedures used to verify data supplied by the beverage industry and quantified changes in school beverage shipments.
Using a proprietary industry data set collected in 2005 and semiannually in 2007 through 2010, we measured the total volume of beverage shipments to elementary, middle, and high schools to monitor intertemporal changes in beverage volumes, the composition of products delivered to schools, and portion sizes. We compared data with findings from existing research of the school beverage landscape and a separate data set based on contracts between schools and beverage bottling companies.
Between 2004 and the 2009-2010 school year, the beverage industry reduced calories shipped to schools by 90%. On a total ounces basis, shipments of full-calorie soft drinks to schools decreased by 97%.
Industry self-regulation, with the assistance of a transparent and independent monitoring process, can be a valuable tool in improving public health outcomes.
我们开发了一个数据收集和监测系统，以独立评估自我监管努力，减少儿童在正常和延长的上学日期间可获得的饮料卡路里数量。我们已经描述了用于验证饮料行业提供的数据的收集程序，并量化了学校饮料配送的变化。
使用 2005 年收集的专有行业数据集，并在 2007 年至 2010 年期间每半年收集一次，我们测量了向小学、中学和高中配送的饮料总量，以监测饮料数量的时间变化、提供给学校的产品组成和份量。我们将数据与现有学校饮料环境研究和基于学校和饮料装瓶公司之间合同的单独数据集的结果进行了比较。
在 2004 年至 2009-2010 学年期间，饮料行业将运往学校的卡路里减少了 90%。以总盎司为基础，学校全卡路里软饮料的配送量减少了 97%。
在透明和独立的监测过程的协助下，行业自律可以成为改善公共卫生成果的有价值工具。
