Creating Vidant Health's Healthy Food Environment
- ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Scottie Gaskins (Creator)
- Kathryn Kolasa (Creator)
- Njeri Njuguna (Creator)
- Rose Ann Simmons (Creator)
- Andy White (Creator)
- Institution
- East Carolina University (ECU )
- Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/
Abstract: The paper describes the journey taken by Vidant Health (formerly University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina) to create a healthy eating environmnet on its entire campus. Vidant Health was among the first hospitals in the country to have a policy that defines percentages of foods that need to meet a healthy criteria. They also employed price leveraging to increase the purchase of healthy options.
Additional Information
- Publication
- Other
- Gaskins S Kolasa K Simmons RA Njuguna N White A. Creating Vidant Health's Healthy Food Environment. Top clin Nutr. 2013;28(2):189-199. DOI:10.1097/TIN.0b013e31828d7be5
- Language: English
- Date: 2013
- Keywords
- Food, Environment, policy, change, healthy, eating, worksite, Wellness
| Title | Location & Link | Type of Relationship |
| Creating Vidant Health's Healthy Food Environment | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4040 | The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the related resource. |
| Creating Vidant Health's Healthy Food Environment | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4152 | The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the related resource. |