Healthy Public Food Procurement and Service Policies Fact Sheet
Core principles, benefits and resources for implementing healthy food procurement and service policies.
Healthy Food and Drink in NSW Health Facilities for Staff and Visitors Framework (2017)
Best practice guidelines for health facilities to use for cafes/cafeterias, vending machines, convenience stores/newsagents, retail premises, and catering.
ACT Healthy Food and Drink Choices
Standards for food and drinks available to staff, volunteers, and visitors for ACT Health premises; links to Healthy Food and Drink Choices and Vending Machine Management Policies.
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.
Kaiser Permanente Healthy Picks website
Describes healthy food guidelines and implementation resources for hospital food venues, including patient menus, cafeterias, coffee carts, kiosks, vending and gift shops.
Healthy Workplace Food & Beverage Toolkit website
Includes links to vending machine data collection tools and checklist for meetings and catered meals.
Healthy State Act (2012)
Model bill to expand healthy choices for government employees and in government institutions.
Healthy food procurement and nutrition standards in public facilities: evidence synthesis and consensus policy recommendations
Synthesis of evidence and consensus conference to inform further policy action on healthy food procurement.
Learning from Sustainable School Feeding in Brazil
Describes school feeding programs in Brazil. Scientific article on school nutrition programs: Sidaner E, Balaban D, et al. The Brazilian school feeding programme: an example of an integrated programme in support of food and nutrition security. Pub Health Nutr. 2013;16(6):989-94.
Impact of the Food-Labeling and Advertising Law Banning Competitive Food and Beverages in Chilean Public Schools, 2014–2016
Reviews the impact of the national law banning sales of competitive food and beverages in schools, based on Chile’s Law of Food Labeling and Advertising. Results show that availability of foods exceeding cutoffs decreased from 90.4% in 2014 to 15.0% in 2016 after policy implementation.