Resources for Victoria School Operations: Canteens, Healthy Eating and Other Food Services
Resources to assist schools develop healthy canteens. The website includes links to the policy, evaluating changes, food planners, and educational materials.
Healthy Workplace Food & Beverage Toolkit website
Includes links to vending machine data collection tools and checklist for meetings and catered meals.
School nutrition guidelines: overview of the implementation and evaluation
Describes three methods of evaluating the implementation of dietary guidelines in schools in Slovenia: (i) a cross-sectional survey, (ii) an indicator-based evaluation of menu quality; and (iii) a five day weighted food record of school lunches (output evaluation). The multi-level evaluation suggests that some differences in implementation are attributed to school characteristics; system changes may […]
Healthy Choices website
Guidelines to help workplaces, hospitals and health services, parks, and sporting centers provide healthy foods and drinks.
Monitoring foods and beverages provided and sold in public sector settings
Step-wise framework for monitoring, includes: 1) previous monitoring activities of school food programs, and 2) survey questions for initial assessment.
INFORMAS Public Sector Policies and Actions – The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI)
The policy index measures the extent of implementation of health food environment policies by governments compared to international best practice and includes a module on Food Provision.
Healthy food procurement policies and their impact
Systematic review of the evidence base for healthy food procurement policies
Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health: A Framework to Monitor and Evaluate Implementation
Describes how to measure the implementation of the WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Health at the country level and proposes a framework and indicators (Logic model, page 5).
Healthy School Toolkit (2008)
Describes how healthier changes were successfully made in a group of Philadelphia schools and includes specific nutrition standards.
Seychelles National School Nutrition Policy (2008)
Describes the Seychelles’ efforts to utilize schools as sites for improving the nutritional well-being of all school children. Includes an evaluation tool for schools (page 32).
Developing and Applying a Mixed-Methods Evaluation Framework to Build the Business Case for Healthy Food Procurement at the Local Level
Describes an evaluation by the Los Angeles Department of Health conducted with the goal to help institutional foodservice operators grow their business while also improving the nutritional quality of foods served and sold.
National Healthy Schools Canteen Evaluation Toolkit (2010)
Toolkit includes logic model, research framework, and focus group questions to guide process evaluation and short-term impact evaluation.
National Healthy School Canteens Guidelines
Website describes guidelines and resources to help canteen managers across Australia offer healthier food and drink options.
Healthier Food Choices for Public Places website
Resources for improving food and beverage options for vending machines, cafeterias, concession stands, meetings, and events; includes messaging tips, model policies, and implementation resources.
CDC Heathy Foodservice Guidelines website
Guide to implementing the US Food Service Guidelines, including cafeterias, concession stands, snack bars, and vending machines; includes link to Smart Food Choices (Assessment Tool, page 30).
CDC Healthy Food Environments website
Resources to support implementation and evaluation of nutrition standards in childcare site, schools, hospitals and workplaces.
Action framework for developing and implementing public food procurement and service policies for a healthy diet
Provides an overview of how to develop, implement, assess compliance with, and evaluate the effectiveness of a healthy public food procurement and service policy. It is intended for government policy makers or program managers working on public food procurement or service, at either a national or a subnational level, including at regional, provincial and city […]
Audits and Inspections Toolkit (2011)
Checklist for schools and catering providers to demonstrate compliance with school food standards.