Table 2.
Strategies to reduce SSB consumption and increase water access and consumption ranked in survey 2
| Strategies to reduce SSB consumption |
|---|
| Education |
| Train providers to screen children for SSB consumption and educate parents on reducing consumption during office visits |
| Provide counselling to parents/caregivers in healthcare settings to reduce SSB consumption, often using behaviour change techniques |
| Educate children on the importance of eliminating SSB using popular, culturally appropriate TV shows and radio, or celebrity endorsement of healthy beverages to target parents |
| Educate pregnant mothers to reduce their SSB consumption during pregnancy and to restrict SSB for the child |
| Teach children and parents/caregivers about reducing SSB consumption in non-clinical settings, often using behaviour change techniques |
| Leverage technology targeting children and parents/caregivers to reduce SSB consumption |
| Teach children and parents/caregivers about reducing SSB consumption using passive education methods |
| Public awareness campaigns and contests |
| Launch public awareness media campaigns to educate communities on the importance of reducing SSB consumption using various media outlets |
| Organize campaigns, challenges, and contests to reduce SSB consumption in child/daycare settings |
| Marketing and advertising changes |
| Modify advertising and promotion of SSB |
| Eliminate increased marketing for SSB during days of the month when Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are issued |
| Price changes |
| Make SSBs more expensive |
| Reduce physical access to SSB |
| Prohibit serving, marketing, or selling SSB in any childcare centre, school, or government agency receiving or distributing federal funds |
| Prohibit all licensed Early Care and Education homes and centres (not just federally funded) from serving SSB to children as part of licensing regulations |
| Prohibit purchase of SSB with SNAP benefits |
| Prohibit the sale of SSB within a certain radius of child-oriented settings, schools, government facilities, public spaces to reduce density of SSB vendors |
| Labelling and packaging of SSB |
| Change SSB labelling and packaging to deter purchasing/consumption |
| Improve setting and programme capacity |
| Train providers and improve setting capacity to reduce SSB consumption |
| Establish a recognition or star rating programme for any organization that doesn’t serve SSB, and make this easily accessible via an online platform |