Reinventing health promotion for healthy default beverage laws in the face of COVID-19

Shortly after a healthy default beverage (HDB) law took effect in Hawai‘i, requiring restaurants that serve children’s meals to offer healthy beverages with the meals, the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Efforts to contain the virus resulted in changes to restaurants’ operations and disrupted HDB implemen...

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Published in:Global health promotion 2021-03, Vol.28 (1), p.79-83
Main Authors: McGurk, Meghan D., Pirkle, Catherine M., Beckelman, Toby, Lee, Jessica, Inoue, Katherine, Yang, Alyssa, Hansen-Smith, Heidi, Sentell, Tetine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior Change
Behavior Modification
Chronic illnesses
Communicable Diseases
Community Relations
COVID-19
Dining Facilities
Disease management
Drinks
Eating behavior
Eating Habits
Food security
Guidelines
Health promotion
Healthy food
Healthy habits
Insecurity
Low Income Groups
Meals
Obesity
Opportunities
Pandemics
Public Health
Restaurants
Social Services
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Summary:Shortly after a healthy default beverage (HDB) law took effect in Hawai‘i, requiring restaurants that serve children’s meals to offer healthy beverages with the meals, the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Efforts to contain the virus resulted in changes to restaurants’ operations and disrupted HDB implementation efforts. Economic repercussions from containment efforts have exacerbated food insecurity, limited access to healthy foods, and created obstacles to chronic disease management. Promoting healthy default options is critical at a time when engaging in healthy behaviors is difficult, but important, to both prevent and manage chronic disease and decrease COVID-19 risk. This commentary discusses COVID-19’s impact on restaurant operations and healthy eating, and the resulting challenges and opportunities for this promising health promotion intervention.
ISSN:1757-9759
1757-9767
DOI:10.1177/1757975920986696