Healthier Food Choices For Public Places
Make the Case
Background
- Healthy Food Service Guidelines: An Impactful Strategy for Promoting Health In Institutions
- Fact Sheet: Comprehensive Food Service Guidelines Q&A
- Infographic: The Logic Behind Food Service Guidelines
- Fact Sheet: 9 Reasons to Offer Healthier Options at Public Facilities
- Understanding Healthy Procurement: Using Government’s Purchasing Power to Increase Healthy Food (ChangeLab Solutions and NPLAN)
- Fact Sheet: Frequently Asked Questions
- Study: Vending Contradictions: Snack and Beverage Options on Public Property Study
- Vendor Fact Sheet: Why Offer Healthier Options?
- Healthier Food Choices For Hospitals
Finances
- Fact Sheet: Financial Implications of Healthy Vending
- Study: Revenue Increases with Chicago’s 100% Healthy Vending Policy
Messaging
Create a policy
Standards
- How to Choose Nutrition Standards
- NANA Model Nutrition Standards for Grab and Go Food and Beverages
- Comparison of Nutrition Guidelines for Vending Machines
- Comparison of Nutrition Guidelines for Prepared Foods
- Food Service Guidelines for Federal Facilities (CDC)
Model Policies
- Model Bill: Healthy Vending on Government Property
- Model Bill: The Healthy Government Properties Act
- Model Vending Agreement (ChangeLab Solutions)
- Model Healthy Meeting Pledge
Gather support
Implementation: Addressing Challenges
- Tips for Successful Implementation
- Tips for Managing Food Service Costs
- Product list: Snack, Entrée, and Beverage Options that Meet NANA, AHA, and Federal Food Service Guidelines
- Fact Sheet: Healthy Vending and the Randolph Sheppard Act (PHLC and AHA/ASA)
- Fact Sheet: Healthy Product Supply Chain
- Taste-test Protocol
- Pre- and Post-Implementation Survey
- Healthier Vending Marketing Posters
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Examples of National, State, and Local Healthy Food Service Guideline Policies
- Examples of National, State, and Local Healthy Food Service Guideline Policies
- Map of State and Local Healthy Food Service Guideline Policies
- Examples of Hospitals with Healthy Food and Beverage Policies
- Case Study Report: The HHS Hubert H. Humphrey Building Cafeteria Experience
- Case Study: Healthy Food Environments Pricing Incentives (North Carolina Prevention Partners)
- Healthy Choices in Hospitals (Public Health Law Center)
Toolkits
- A Roadmap for Comprehensive Food Service Guidelines
- Overview of A Roadmap for Comprehensive Food Service Guidelines
- Healthy Meeting Toolkit (NANA)
- Toolkit for Passing Policy: Restock Our Future (Voices for Healthy Kids)
- Exceed: The Tool for Using Healthy Food Service Guidelines (ChangeLab Solutions)
- A Guide for Government Procurement (CDC)
- Making Change: A Guide to Healthier Vending For Municipalities (ChangeLabSolutions)
- Creating Healthy Concessions (Fairmount Park Conservancy)
- Healthy Vending Toolkit (Public Health – Seattle and King County)
- Healthy Beverage Toolkit and Fact Sheets (Public Health Law Center)
- Connecting Public Health and the Food Industry to Reduce Sodium (National Network of Public Health Institutes)