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

• Messaging Tips for Healthy Public Places (Voices for Healthy Kids)

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

• Model Fact Sheet: Healthy Vending Legislation
• Fact Sheet: Vending Machine Labeling

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)