energize your meetings!

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energize your meetings!

• Amy Ellings, Nutrition Consultant
• Nutrition and Physical Activity Program
• 236-3754

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Environmental changeMake it easy to be healthy

• Which street makes it easier to be active?

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Environmental changeMake it easy to be healthy

• Which meeting makes it easier to eat healthy?

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Policy changeGet it in writing

• Make the change sustainable
• Encourages people to take action
• Influence more people

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• www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/NutritionPA/

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Why nutrition?

• Eat at work 10-20 times a week
• Increase productivity

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Worksite nutrition environment

• Have a farmers market or farm stand near work or
  an on-site garden
• Encourage healthy foods at potlucks
• Use competitive pricing to make healthier choices
  more economical
• Offer healthy foods in cafeterias vending
  machines, common areas

• Adopt a policy for healthy meeting guidelines

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• Created by nutrition professionals
• Informed by scientific advice national
  organizations
• Designed using feedback from administrative staff

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Why EYM? Why now?

• Current environment not healthy at all meetings
• Governors initiative to make Washington the
  healthiest state
• Washington Wellness risk reduction priority areas
  focus on nutrition environment
• Washington State Nutrition and Physical Activity
  Plan
• Wanted to make it sustainable change through
  policy adoption

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Small group activities

• Rate your lunch
• Rate your most recent meeting

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Making policy at DOH
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Selling the program

• Administrative staff
• Management
• Do your homework
• No surprises
• The right team

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The right team
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The right team

• Wellness coordinator constructed team, set
  meetings, prepped management, coordinated
  messages
• NPA program developed and presented on material
• Health and Productivity team adopted EYM into
  their strategic plan
• Procurement office supported effort, researched
  cost, developed evaluation tool
• DOH policy committee discussed and approved
  policy changes

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The process

• Making EYM a reality at DOH
• Procurement
• Policy
• What are some lessons learned?

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Small group activity

• What would be the major challenge to implementing
  Energize Your Meetings?
• How could you and your team overcome that
  challenge?
• Report out