Alexandria Childhood Obesity Action Network (A-COAN)

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Alexandria Childhood Obesity Action Network
(A-COAN)
Healthy Snacks on the Go Marley Nelms, MPA, RD,
Community Coordinator Tricia Rodgers, MA, MSW,
Chair, Alexandria Childhood Obesity Action
Network April 12, 2013

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Workshop Objectives

• During this session, participants will learn
• A process for assessing vending machine
  offerings
• Providing healthier alternatives and
• Developing a healthy vending
• policy.

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A-COAN Partners Collaborators
The Honorable William D. Euille and Alexandria
City Council ? Alexandria Health Department ?
Department of Community Human Services ?
Alexandria Redevelopment Housing Authority ?
Public Health Advisory Commission ?
Congregational Health Partnership, Inova Health
System ? Healthy Families, Inc ? Alexandria City
Public Schools ? Wise Educational Services, LLC ?
Alexandria Police Department ? Alexandria
Neighborhood Health Services, Inc. ? Campagna
Center ? Creative Play School ? George Washington
University Project ITAP ? Northern Virginia
Community College ? Virginia Cooperative
Extension ? Arlington/Alexandria Smart Beginnings
? Evening Star The Neighborhood Restaurant
Group ? Virginia Commerce Bank ? Reading
Connection ? Northern Virginia Health Foundation
? Virginia Cooperative Extension Master
Gardeners? Alexandria Healthy Green Foods Group ?
Alexandria Pedestrian Bicycle Program ? MRC
Leverage Group, LLC ? Long Foster Real Estate ?
Dept. of Recreation, Parks Cultural Activities
? Department of Planning Zoning ?
Congregational Health Resource, LLC ? DeCostas,
Inc ? Healthy Families Alexandria ? Northern
Virginia Health Foundation ? Dept of Planning
Zoning ? WIC ? Happy Home Child Learning Center ?
Creative Play School ? Hopkins House ? Alive!
Center for Child Development ? Grace Episcopal
Preschool ? Child Family Network Centers ?
Agudas Achim Preschool ? Trinity Mops Preschool ?
Happy Home Child Learning Center ? Creative Play
School ? Hopkins House Preschool Academy ? Alive!
Center for Child Development ? Old Town ACE
Hardware ? Grace Episcopal Preschool ? La Leche
League ? March of Dimes ? Alexandria Community
Members ?
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Why are we focusing on obesity?
Survey conducted in 2007 by Inova Health System
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Key Areas of Focus

• Breastfeeding Support Promotion
• Preschool Health Network - Color Me Healthy and
  Active Play! 
• Playgrounds Project Play
• Access to healthy foods Farmers markets,
  community gardens, and
  broader food distribution
  issues
• AND

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Healthy Vending Policies
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Steps to Healthy Vending

• Why Now?
• Charting a Path

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Research

• NEMS-V
• Food Environment Audit
• Employee Healthy Vending Machine (HVM) Survey
• Market Research
• Procurement

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NEMS-V Nutrition Environment Measurement
Survey-Vending

• GREEN

• YELLOW

• Provides at least one serving of fruit,
  vegetable,
• and/or whole grains or non-fat/low-fat dairy
• products and meets the Dietary Guidelines for
• Americans. Must also meet all of the following
• criteria
• 200 calories per portion as packaged
• No more than 35 percent of total calories from
  fat
• lt 10 percent of total calories from saturated
  fat
• Zero trans fat (less than or equal to 0.5 grams
  per
• serving
• 35 percent of calories from total sugars,
  except for
• yogurt with no more than 30 grams of total
  sugars, per
• 8oz portion as packaged.
• Sodium content of 400mg or less per portion as
• packaged

• Does not provide at least one serving of fruit,
• vegetable, and/or whole grains or non-fat/low
• fat dairy products and meets the Dietary
• Guidelines for Americans. Must also meet all
• of the following criteria
• 200 calories per portion as packaged
• No more than 35 percent of total calories from
  fat
• lt 10 percent of total calories from saturated
  fat
• Zero trans fat (less than or equal to 0.5 grams
  per
• serving
• 35 percent of calories from total sugars,
  except for
• yogurt with no more than 30 grams of total
  sugars,
• Per 8oz portion as packaged.
• Sodium content of 400mg or less per portion as
• packaged

RED Does not meet green or yellow criteria.
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Food Environment Audit

• Purpose
• Methods
• Results

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Employee HVM Survey

• Purpose
• Development
• Methods
• Results

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Market Research

• Vendors (traditional vs. Healthy)
• Products Machines
• Cost Sharing

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Procurement

• Government Purchasing
• Finance/Purchasing Office
• Current/Future Contracts
• eVA

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Lessons Learned
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Next Steps
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Please contact us with questions

• Marley Nelms, MPA, Community Coordinator,
  Alexandria Childhood Obesity Action Network
• marley.nelms_at_vdh.virginia.gov
• Tricia Rodgers, MA, MSW, Chair, Alexandria
  Childhood Obesity Action Network
• trodgers_at_novahealthfdn.org