Resource Category: Food and Beverage - Eat Smart

Stoplight Food Guide

Direct clients to healthier food and drink options with this visual guide.

This visual guide created by East Carolina University Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center uses a stoplight concept to show which food choices are healthiest to eat anytime and which should be enjoyed in moderation. It is designed for consumers and is particularly useful as a teaching tool for children. The Stoplight Food Guide… Read more »

Snacks and Drinks Guide

Learn about healthier snack and drink options.

Eat Smart North Carolina: Snacks and Drinks This colorful guide provides information and tips on when to snack and choosing healthy snack options. It is designed as a stand-alone piece for consumers, but can be used in a group setting as well. Download a copy of the Guide now… Low resolution version for desktop printing… Read more »

Motivational Posters

Download and display posters that encourage people to make healthy choices.

These graphically designed informational posters and motivational quotes can be displayed on bulletin boards or other areas in worksites, faith organizations, schools, and community buildings. Use them to encourage people in your setting to do simple things such as taking the stairs, drink water, and make healthy snack choices. Posters All posters are in PDF… Read more »

Healthy Meeting Guide

Serve healthier foods at meetings and events.

Eat Smart North Carolina: Guidelines for Healthy Foods and Beverages at Meetings, Gatherings and Events(Eat Smart Healthy Meeting Guide) is a planning tool that provides practical guidelines for anyone who is in charge of the food served at events. Whether planning a morning business meeting, all-day statewide conference, afternoon work celebration, community supper or another… Read more »

Healthy Food Retail Toolkit

Assist small food stores with increasing their healthy options and help them apply for the NC Healthy Food Retail Designation.

Guide Healthy Food Sold Here: A Guide to Providing Healthy Foods in Small Food Stores Webinar Recording (10.19.16): Healthy Food Sold Here: A Guide for Providing Healthy Foods in Small Stores Maps Directory of Stores with the NC Healthy Food Retail Designation NC Healthy Food Access Maps NC Healthy Food Retail Maps North Carolina Healthy… Read more »

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

Access program resources that aim to provide nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults in qualifying non-residental care facilities.

Visit the Child and Adult Care Food Program website.

Bring Fresh Produce to Your Setting Guide

Help to make fresh fruits and vegetables available to buy in your local worksite, place of worship or neighborhood.

Eat Smart NC Bring Fresh Produce to Your Setting Eat Smart North Carolina: Bring Fresh Produce to Your Setting is a planning and resource tool for anyone who would like to have fruits and vegetables, especially locally grown, available to buy in their worksite, place of worship, neighborhood or at any gathering place. The guide… Read more »

Breastfeeding-Friendly Employers and Community Partners Award

Become a breastfeeding-friendly business, community organization, or employer.

North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition’s Breastfeeding-Friendly Employer and Community Partner Award(s) Learn more about supporting breastfeeding as a community partner or employer. Review the criteria for the breastfeeding-friendly awards and apply. North Carolina Breastfeeding-Friendly Employer and Community Partner Awardees See which North Carolina businesses, community organizations, and employers have earned this breastfeeding-friendly award.