Transcript Fruits and Vegetables The Flavor of Life

Pledge the
practice…
& Pass the policy
Let’s Create a Healthy Workplace!
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The ReThink Your Drink Initiative &
Soda Free Summer Campaign
reached over 250,000 Bay Area
residents 2008-2010
ReThink Your Drink / Soda Free Summer
Participant Testimonial
I challenged my entire office (24
people, 9 men and 15 women) to a
soda free month. They accepted and
so we declared a "Soda Free
October."
The results were amazing!
ReThink Your Drink/Soda Free Summer
Participant Testimonial
I recently became the head of the Worksite
Wellness Program, and have advocated to
remove sodas from the vending machines and
to have alternative beverages at all staff
meetings and events.
The vending machines are finally soda free, and
the CEO and department directors have agreed
to offer water and other non-caloric beverages
at meetings and parties…
Changing Organizational Practices:
An important part of the Spectrum of Prevention—
How we stay healthy!
Influencing Policy and Legislation
Changing Organizational Practices
Fostering Coalitions & Networks
Educating Providers
Promoting Community Education
Strengthening Individual Knowledge & Skills
Prevention Institute
Environmental and norm changes are
needed to impact health behaviors and
health outcomes.
(US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Norm change
starts with US
WHY make the change?
Obesity Rates are Soaring
1990
2009
Obesity* Trends Among U.S. Adults
BRFSS, 1990
(*BMI 30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’4” person)
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC
<10%
10%–14%
15%–19%
20%–24%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010
25%–29%
≥30%
More Calories are Being Consumed
Equivalent of 43%
of new calories
Sweetened Beverages are the
single largest contributor
to the Obesity Epidemic
24% of California adults drink one or
more non-diet sodas a day, and those
adults are 27% more likely to be
overweight.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/09/17/75622/californ
ia-survey-pinpoints-soda.html#ixzz1BaJwfOc5
Strong evidence that sugar-sweetened soft drinks
contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes
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Without access to fruits and vegetables on the
job, a working adult would have to eat 1 to 2
cups of fruits or vegetables every waking hour
after work in order to meet the recommended
3½ to 6½ cups daily.
At Work and Home
At Home
To meet the recommended 10,000 steps a day, sedentary
workers would have to send most of their evenings in motion.
Network for a Healthy California Worksite Program
Norm change
starts with US
We Can Join These & Other Bay Area
Organizations… Changing Their
Food & Beverage Practices
Kai Ming Head Start-SF
Water & milk only with meals/
snacks; chocolate milk and
100% fruit juice are now
party drinks
SF Recreation & Parks
“No soda” policy at all
summer day camp programs
Kaiser Permanente San Jose
Pediatrics
No sugary beverages at
department meetings
Rebekah Children’s Services
Removed all sodas from vending
machines for staff and residents
And Changing Their
Food & Beverage Policies
BANPAC Leadership Council passed a stringent
healthy food & beverage policy in January
FIRST 5 Santa Clara will implement a healthy food &
beverage policy for grantees in July 2011
Contra Costa and San Francisco passed healthy
vending policies in late 2010
Weigh of Life in Richmond now has a healthy food
and beverage policy that covers prizes and
fundraising as well as meals and snacks served
More New Food & Beverage Policies
The Health Trust has a wellness policy including
healthy food & beverage standards
The YMCA Silicon Valley uses Fit for Learning
healthy food and beverage standards with its
youth programs
Alameda County has a wellness policy, including
healthy vending policies
Santa Clara County has healthy beverage
standards
How Do We Begin?
→
Assess Our Practices
→ Is
the healthy choice, the easy choice
in our organization?
→
Improve our wellness practices
→ Have
a soda free challenge
→ Create a healthy potluck sign up
→ Adopt a policy for healthy meetings,
vending, events, sales and
procurement
Benefits to Our Organization
→
Healthier workers
→
Demonstration of our commitment to
employee and community health
→
Pride in being a community leader
Resources Available from BANPAC
• Assessment tools to help us be aware of our
food and beverage environment
• Sample Policies we can use or adapt
• Technical Assistance with writing policies
or planning strategy
• Recognition for our policy success
PLEDGE the Practice.
PASS the Policy!