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.
Posted August 13, 2006