The Los Angeles County Food Policy and Smart Snackers campaign
focus on three areas where snacks are available at the
workplace:
vending machines,
meeting and events,
and
fundraisers.
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Vending Machines
Healthier snacks are coming to County-contracted
vending machines! The Nutrition program is
working with County-contracted vendors such as
Bradberry, Canteen, First Class, Morrison, and
North County to ensure that 100% of products in
County-contracted vending machines meet the food
policy’s nutrition guidelines.
Examples of healthier vending machine snacks and
beverages include:
Vending Machine Sample List - Healthier Snacks
Vending Machine Sample List - Healthier
Beverages
Food Policy Nutrition Guidelines:
Food Policy Nutrition Guidelines Vending
Machines
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Meeting and Events
Meetings and Around the
Office
Say no to second hand sweets! Think twice about offering bowls of
sweets and trays of treats at meetings and around the
office. Make your workplace "a bowl full of cherries"
instead of chocolates -- except for special occasions.
While the food policy does not require you to serve
healthy snacks at meetings or around the office (see
below for exception) it is definitely a tasty way to
keep your co-workers energized.
Ideas
for Healthy Snacks at Meetings
County-Sponsored Events
The food policy provides nutrition guidelines for food served at
County-sponsored events. The only instance where the
food served at your County-sponsored event must comply
with the nutrition guidelines is when the food is
purchased with County funds.
Food Policy
Nutrition Guidelines - Healthy Events
Ideas for Healthy
Meals at County-Sponsored Events
Healthy Meeting Links
The Network for a Healthy California —Be Active! Worksite Program Web site includes workplace eating and physical activity
break suggestions, healthy cookbooks, California Fit
Business Kit, and a step-by-step Employee Wellness
Program. http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/worksite.htm
The UCLA School of Public Health Lift Off!
Web site has excellent suggestions for quick physical
activity breaks for the workday. Simple ten-minute
exercise breaks will not only reduce your risk of
chronic disease but will also renew and re-energize your
day:
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/cehd/activity_breaks.htm
National Fruit & Vegetable Program
Web site has recipes for healthy appetizers, entrees,
beverages, desserts and more. It also describes the
benefits of fruits and vegetables.
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov
Fundraisers
Help keep your colleagues healthy by
fundraising with healthy foods or non-food items. The
food policy encourages it!
Some ideas for your
fundraiser!
Ideas for Healthier Fundraising
Food Policy Nutrition Guidelines - Fundraisers
Healthy Fundraising Links
Shasta County Health Department suggests these creative
alternatives, many of which will help involve your
community in your cause!
http://www.fwps.org/dept/nutrition/fundraiser.pdf
Additional Resources
