Healthy Hospital Food Environment: Policy & Programs in Practice
- ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Scottie Gaskins (Creator)
- Institution
- East Carolina University (ECU )
- Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/
Abstract: This invited presentation highlights the state of weight at Vidant Health a health care system serving 29 counties in eastern North Carolina and its innovative Health Food Environment program. A policy effective in 2012 made healthy food the norm not the exception in all the food venues on the hospital campuses. A calorie based definition of "healthy" was used since the strategy is one to address the obesity epidemic among the employees and visitors to the hospitals. The policy also provides for price leveraging healthy items to make them more affordable.
Additional Information
- Publication
- Other
- Gaskins S Kolasa KM. Healthy Hospital Food Environment: Policy & Programs in Practice. Presented at CDC Weight of Nation Washington DC
- Language: English
- Date: 2012
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| Healthy Hospital Food Environment: Policy & Programs in Practice | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3914 | The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the related resource. |