Healthy Eating Toolkits for Workplaces

The toolkit Rethinking Healthy Eating in the Workplace Parts I & II (2011) contains a business case as well as a rationale for including environmental supports in your healthy eating initiatives. Part I outlines the business case related to unhealthy eating in "The cost of doing nothing". Part II - "Examining the evidence: addressing the limitations of current interventions" contains information about how the food environment influences individual decisions as well as psychological and physiological barriers to making day-to-day healthy eating choices. This section also contains an overview of the effectiveness of current interventions used to promote healthy eating.

Part III - Making the Shift: Comprehensive Strategies to Promote Healthy Eating (2012) is a toolkit designed to give employers and health intermediaries the tools to create a comprehensive healthy eating strategy in their workplace.

6.0 Introduction

7.0 Strategies to Promote Healthy Eating in the Workplace

7.1 Awareness Raising

7.2 Skill Building

7.3 Supportive Environments - Introduction

7.3.1 Access to Registered Dietitians

7.3.6 Meetings and Events

7.3.7 Organizational Culture