Thunder Bay District Health Unit : Healthy Eating @ Work

So you're interested in promoting healthy eating in your workplace - here are some ideas on how we can help you get started:

Promote events, resources and messages in prominent locations: front entrance, reception areas, by the elevators, bulletin boards, coffee rooms, restrooms. Post our monthly Healthy Eating Newsletter.
Ask for our "5 to 10 a Day Veggies and Fruit" or "Colour Your Plate" posters, related pamphlets and display.
Book a Coronary Risk Profile session with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit.
Book a workshop on Healthy Eating, Healthy Weights or the new Food Labels or you can borrow a video from our library.
Check out the factsheets by clicking on the icon to the left of your screen.

Take the Veggie and Fruit Challenge - offer prizes
Offer taste tests of healthy food items or hold raffles related to the purchase of targeted food items in your cafeteria.
Provide point of purchase information for healthy food items sold in your cafeteria or lunchroom.
Book a workshop on Healthy Eating, Healthy Weights or the new Food Labels - or you can borrow a video from our library.

Apply for an Eat Smart Cafeteria Award and get free advice and promotional items for making yours a healthy cafeteria.
Ensure availability of healthy food and beverage choices in cafeterias, lunchrooms, vending machines and at business meetings/functions for employees working all shifts. Check out this factsheet for vending machine ideas
Provide healthy food and beverage choices at comparable or lower prices compared to other choices.
Provide an attractive eating area, with a refrigerator and microwave to allow employees to bring their own lunch.

Establish a policy that healthy food choices will be offered at catered business meetings/functions, and that healthy choices will be offered in the cafeteria and vending machines.
Check out this Eating Guidelines @ Workplaces and web link for examples of policies