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Obtaining materials to promote fruits and veggies in a variety of setting may be only a click away. Check out some of the following resources and weblinks.
Eat Smart Healthy Meeting Guide Now Available
The Physical Activity and Nutrition Branch of the NC Division of Public Health is proud to announce a new resource: Eat Smart North Carolina: Guidelines for Healthy Foods and Beverages at Meetings, Gatherings and Events.
This colorful, planning tool provides practical guidelines for anyone who is in charge of the food served at events to choose lower fat, lower-calorie foods and drinks. Whether planning a church supper, business meeting, statewide conference, sorority function, neighborhood health fair or any other gathering, making simple changes to the foods and drinks offered at group and community events gives attendees the energy boost they may need without worries about too many calories or unhealthy fat.
The Eat Smart Healthy Meeting Guide provides healthy food and beverage suggestions for various event meals and snacks, as well as practical tips for stocking vending machines and the calories and fat in popular food and beverage items. Additionally, the guide provides sample menus and suggestions for how to replace typical offerings with healthier options. Finally, the guide also provides a sample Eat Smart North Carolina Healthy Foods Policy that can be adapted and implemented by any organization, agency or community group where foods and beverages are served.
A pdf version of the Eat Smart Healthy Meeting Guide can be downloaded here:
Eat Smart Healthy Meeting Guide
Eat Smart Healthy Meeting Guide (high resolution for professional printing - 1.6mb)
By all of us using of the Eat Smart Healthy Meeting Guide, we can model our commitment to good health by making meetings and events across North Carolina reflective of our vision of increased opportunities for healthy eating in all aspects of an individual’s life.
This guide is one of many resources that supports Eat Smart, Move More...NC, a statewide movement that encourages healthy eating and physical activity wherever people live, learn, earn, play, and pray.
CDC's Garden Market Tool Kit Showcased on CDC Website
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA) has developed a Garden Market Tool Kit. This tool kit provides information on how to establish a fresh produce market (FPM) in a federal agency or other organization. It is based on a Healthier Worksite Initiative (HWI) demonstration project at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Additionally, you can find out how HWI launched the Garden Market at CDC and lessons learned from the experience. The Garden Market was so successful that it continues at its original location and has been added at other CDC locations.
The Garden Market Tool Kit will be temporarily posted on the CDC/DNPA website until the new HWI Internet site is launched. Please direct any inquiries to Deb Bauer at dbauer@cdc.gov.
Nutrition Education and Training (NET) Program Lending Library
The North Carolina NET Lending Library makes available audiovisuals, computer programs, games, curricula guides, textbooks, children's books and other resources for classroom, cafeteria and community use. Several hundred resources are available. A complete listing of resources can also be found at http://www.nutritionnc.com.
Quick Ideas for Effective 5 A Day Food/Taste Testing Demonstrations Using Fruits & Vegetables
This tool provides ideas on how to conduct an effective 5 A Day taste testing/food demonstration using fruits and vegetables. The first half
of the document provides suggestions on the do's and don'ts of food demonstrations; the later half provides ideas for food demonstration themes
Free educational materials from the National Cancer Institute
There are free 5 A Day materials available from the National Cancer Institute. You only have to pay for shipping and handling. The following weblink will take you there.