Healthy Workplace - Healthy Eating

Tips for Your Workplace

• Promote awareness of healthy eating through signs, table tents, posters, newsletters and bulletin boards.
• Ensure healthy food choices are available in cafeterias, tuck shops, snack bars, and vending machines. Items to consider include whole grain bread products, vegetable and fruit choices, lower fat milk, yogurt and cheese products, leaner meats, fish options and lower fat vegetarian entrees.
• If your workplace has a cafeteria, engage a public health nutritionist to assist with the implementation of the Eat Smart! Workplace Program. This provincial program awards your cafeteria for high standards in healthy food choices, food safety, and non-smoking seating. For more information on the EatSmart! Workplace Cafeteria Program, send an email.
• Make it convenient for employees to bring their lunches and snacks from home. This means having kitchen facilities available with a refrigerator, microwave, toaster, kettle, and sink. 
• Offer some healthy food choices during meetings and functions.
• Ensure work schedules permit adequate time for eating.
  

Healthy Eating Resources

Community Food Advisors
Workplaces can access these volunteers free of charge for displays at health events/fairs and presentations.

Guide to Nutrition Promotion in the Workplace (pdf)
This guide can be used to plan and carry out nutrition programs on their own, as part of a multiple risk factor workplace program, or with other established workplace initiatives. With step-by-step guidelines, this guide is intended to be a "how to" resource. Sample resources, such as workplace nutrition assessment tools, sample policies and program logic models, are also included.
 
Healthy Eating/Nutrition Resources (pdf) 
Information on ready-to-use and easy to access resources that will support your health and wellness programming.

Healthy Food Guidelines for Food Served at Workplace Functions (pdf) (Currently being updated.  For more information on the changes call 905-546-2424 ext. 7218.)
Looking for a healthier alternative to donuts or cookies for that morning meeting?  Wondering what to order for a catered lunch networking session?  The Healthy Food Guidelines can help you with examples of suitable foods that can be offered at workplace functions.

Consultative support for utilizing this resource from a public health registered dietitian is available on request.

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Last updated: July 8, 2008