Department of Public Health, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 4;18(9):4886. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094886.
The purpose of this study was to test a small-scale intervention and its ability to decrease total sugar intake and number of calories offered at youth sports games.
This study was a pre/post-test quasi-experimental design. A flier was developed and distributed to parents. The flier aimed to decrease the sugar-sweetened beverages and increase the nutritional quality of food brought to games. Baseline data were collected in 2018 ( = 61). The flier was distributed prior to the start of the league, once during the league, and posted online in 2019. Postintervention data were collected in the intervention group ( = 122) and a comparison group ( = 74). Nutritional information was collected through direct observation.
The average amount of total sugar provided per game per child was 25.5 g at baseline when snacks/beverages were provided at games. After the intervention, the average amount of total sugar provided significantly decreased (16.7 g/game/child, < 0.001).
The intervention reduced total sugar offered and the number of sugar-sweetened beverages brought to games. It was low-cost and could be easily implemented by public health practitioners and/or parks and recreation administrators. Further, considerations could be made to implement policies relative to snacks and beverages at youth sports games.
本研究旨在测试一项小规模干预措施及其降低青少年体育比赛中总糖摄入量和提供卡路里数量的能力。
本研究采用前后测试准实验设计。制作并分发了一张传单给家长。该传单旨在减少含糖饮料的摄入，并增加比赛中带来的食物的营养价值。2018 年（n=61）收集了基线数据。在联赛开始前、期间和 2019 年发布了一次传单，并在网上发布。干预组（n=122）和对照组（n=74）收集了干预后数据。通过直接观察收集营养信息。
当比赛中提供零食/饮料时，每个孩子每场比赛提供的总糖平均量为 25.5 克。干预后，总糖的平均提供量显著降低（16.7 克/场/儿童，<0.001）。
该干预措施减少了比赛中提供的总糖量和含糖饮料的数量。它成本低，可由公共卫生从业人员和/或公园和娱乐管理员轻松实施。此外，可以考虑实施与青少年体育比赛中零食和饮料相关的政策。
