Transcript Balanced for LIFE with Perfect Choice Vending

Balanced for LIFE:
What Is It and What
Can It DO for you?
Brought to you by
Health Care Costs
• 70% of the entire burden of illness and
associated costs in the United States
is related to preventable illnesses
• Lifestyle factors play a large role in
disease prevention
Aldana. S. (200). The Cultprit and the Cure, Maple Mountain Press: Mapleton, UT.
The Link:
Nutrition & Health Care Costs
Four out of the eight most expensive diseases to treat are
directly linked to nutrition
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Cardiovascular disease
Cancer (certain types)
Hypertension
Diabetes (type 1 & type 2)
Van Dusen, Allison. Forbes. America’s Most Expensive Medical Conditions. 6 February 2008.
The Situation:
The focus on health and wellness is here to stay:
• More companies are working to promote
employee health
• A recent study conducted in part by CIGNA found
40% of companies in North America are offering
wellness programs
• One of the fastest growing components of those
programs is ‘healthier’ vending
Finding a Vending Partner
Perfect Choice Vending is committed to:
• Assist our customer in promoting and implementing
wellness and healthier snacking at work sites and
schools throughout South Florida
• Provide information
• Share the Balanced for Life tools available
Balanced for Life Toolbox
• Campaign brochure
• Explains tools for everyone
• Better for You product list
• 35-10-35, more on the way
• Machine clings
• For students and adults
Balanced for Life Toolbox, continued
• Posters - can be purchased or download at
web site
• BFL Video – to explain campaign
• Be A Smart Snacker Stickers
Balanced for Life Toolbox, continued
• Student “Be A Smart Snacker brochures
• Adult Snack Smart Brochures
Vending Operator Toolbox
 The Get Healthy and Fit Kit helps
worksites and schools to create a
customized wellness program
 New Workplace clings for
machines
Vending Operator Toolbox, continued
Trivia Treasure Hunt
• Treasure Hunt Game educates students about
a balanced diet and being physically active
Vending Operator Toolbox, continued
Better for You Game
• Students collect the UPC codes from the
designated ‘better for you’ products to win
prizes
• All game materials downloaded from BFL site
Web Site: Pages for Kids
• Games and advice for kids
• Tips on eating healthy and
getting active
• Campaign ambassadors
New in the Toolbox
New “Basket of BFL Tools
• 35-10-35:
 Less than 35% calories from fat, less than
10% calories from saturated fat, less than
35% total weight in sugar
 Nuts & Seeds excluded
• Alliance guidelines
 35-10-35 plus caps on calories and sodium
NEW BFL Baskets:
New Basket of BFL Tools
• Product Stickers
• Machine Clings
• Coin Slot Stickers
• Round Stickers
The Program Works!
“In 2007, four state agencies piloted a healthy vending
program called Fit Pick, developed by the National Automatic
Merchandising Association. These agencies found that it is
possible to have a successful, profitable healthier vending
program – and keep their colleagues happy!”
Washington State Wellness Resource Center
Other Tools:
Walk Your Way to Wellness Contest
• Participants walk routes across the country
• Pedometers track progress; turned in for a prize
PERFECT CHOICE VENDING, INC
Miami-Dade
305-VENDING (836-3464)
Toll-Free
1-866-483-6346 (4-VENDING)
Fax
305-884-3930
make it the perfect choice
for your location!
Location
11007 NW 122nd Street
Suite 18
Medley, FL 33178
Email
[email protected]