Evaluating source credibility effects in health labelling using vending machines in a hospital setting.

Objectives: Providing advice to consumers in the form of labelling may mitigate the increased availability and low cost of foods that contribute to the obesity problem. Our objective was to test whether making the source of the health advice on the label more credible makes labelling more effective.

Methods And Measures: Vending machines in different locations were stocked with healthy and unhealthy products in a hospital.

Shifting priorities and employment choices among workers in Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis.

Background: Employment is a determinant of health. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted working lives, forcing individuals to adapt to new ways of working. These shifts might shape people's priorities and their consideration of changes for future work.

Seeking Good Work in the COVID-19 Recovery: Shifting Priorities and Employment Choices Among Workers.

Objective: Disruption to working lives spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic may shape people's preferences for future employment. We aimed to identify the components of work prioritized by a UK sample and the employment changes they had considered since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A nationally representative longitudinal household survey was conducted in Wales at two time points between 2020 and 2021.

Exploring the Health Impacts and Inequalities of the New Way of Working: Findings From a Cross-Sectional Study.

Objective: The aim of the study is to provide insights into the working Welsh adult population's perceptions of the health impacts of working from home (WFH), their ability to WFH, and their WFH preferences.

Methods: Data were collected from 615 working adults in Wales between November 2020 and January 2021 in a household survey.

Results: More than 45% of those able to WFH reported worsened mental well-being and loneliness.

The health benefits and cost-effectiveness of complete healthy vending.

Vending machines contribute to growing levels of obesity. They typically contain energy dense, high fat snacks and attempts at persuading consumers to switch to healthier snacks sold within the same machine have had limited success. This study explored the health benefits and cost effectiveness of the complete replacement of regular snacks with healthy items.