Healthier Hospital Food Service

MAKING THE HEALTHY CHOICE THE EASY CHOICE Serving healthy inpatient meals that meet nutritional standards HEALTHIER HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE Health Care Without Harm: over 1,000 hospitals are committed to purchasing and serving more fresh, healthy food. Every day, health care food service staff have an opportunity to encourage healthy habits and sustainable food choices. Implementing Balanced Menus Less Meat, Better Meat: hundreds of hospitals are reducing the amount of meat they purchase and serve and buying more sustainably produced meat. Offering vending machine healthy picks Kaiser Permanente: more than 1,000 vending machines restocked so 75% of food and beverages meet Healthy Pick's criteria for being lower in fat, calories, sodium, and sugar. Serving healthier cafeteria and cafe options Partnership for a Healthier America's Hospital Healthier Food Initiative: more than 700 hospitals committed to healthy food practices that improve the nutrition of patient meals and cafeteria options. Reducing or eliminating sugar-sweetened beverages Vanguard Health's four, Chicago-area hospitals phased out all sugar-sweetened beverages from their facilities, in the implementation of Cook County's "Rethink Your Drink" program. Health Care https://noharm-uscanada.org/ kp.org/green @HCWithoutHarm @KPShare KAISER PERMANENTE. Without Harm