Resource Library

Healthy public food procurement

Estimating the Potential Health Impact and Costs of Implementing a Local Policy for Food Procurement to Reduce the Consumption of Sodium in the County of Los Angeles

Gase LN et al. Am Jour Pub Health. 2011.

Public procurement as a policy tool to promote healthier food environments and choices

GENANNT BONSMANN SS ET AL. PUB HEALTH PAN. 2017.

Food Service Guidelines Resources website

Association of State Public Health Nutritionists, United States

A collection of U.S. city and state food service guideline initiatives covering worksites, cafeterias, vending, hospitals, faith-based and community organizations, including vendor training resources.

Food Service Guidelines Organizational Policy Template

Adapted from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Food Service Guidelines for Federal Facilities (2017)

US Department of Health and Human Services

Effect of changes to the school food environment on eating behaviours and/or body weight in children: a systematic review

Driessen CE, et al. Obes Rev. 2014

Eating well for under-5s in child care: Practical and nutritional guidelines

The Caroline Walker Trust, United Kingdom

Eating Well in Government Venues website

ChangeLab Solutions, United States

Enablers and barriers to implementation of and compliance with school-based healthy food and beverage policies: a systematic literature review and meta-synthesis

Ronto et al. Public Health Nutr. 2020

Food and Nutrition Policy for Schools: A Tool for the Development of School Nutrition Programmes in the European Region (2006)

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Healthier Food Choices for Public Places website

Center for Science in the Public Interest, United States

A CSPI resource offering messaging tips, model policies, and implementation tools for improving food and beverage options in vending machines, cafeterias, concession stands, and events.

The Power of Procurement

de Schutter O. United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Briefing Note. 2014.

CDC’s Sodium Reduction in Communities Program: Evaluating Differential Effects in Food Service Settings, 2013–2016

Jordan et al. Prv Chronic Dis. 2020.

City of Philadelphia Nutrition Standards website

Philadelphia Department of Health, United States

Population-level interventions in government jurisdictions for dietary sodium reduction: a Cochrane Review

BARBERIO AM ET AL. INT J EPIDEMIOL. 2017.

Healthy school meals and educational outcomes

BELOT M, JAMES J. JOUR HEALTH ECON. 2011

A 2011 study finding that shifting UK school meals from processed to healthier options significantly improved educational outcomes in English and Science, and reduced illness-related absences by 14%.