Info and awareness

Information about the importance of healthy eating...

A constant stream of messages, ideas and tips will encourage employees to think more about healthy eating. Here are some ideas:

• Booklets and leaflets - distribute these to employees via desk drops or during events
• Order the Think Fit! Eat Well! employee booklet
• Order BHF healthy eating publications
• Direct employees to the main BHF website for more information on healthy eating
• Posters – brighten up your workplace with posters of bright and colourful foods, encouraging people to eat well and drink sensibly. Posters are available from the organisations listed in the useful links section
• Online tools - encourage colleagues to have fun with interactive healthy eating tools like the BHF BMI calculator and know your limits alcohol calculator
• Top tips – include healthy eating messages and tips in employee payslips and newsletters.
  Send weekly/monthly tips via email and/or put them on bulletin boards.
  Order Think fit! Eat well! for top tips for putting healthy eating into practice in the workplace pages 93-94
• Healthy eating quizzes – a great way to encourage employees to learn more about healthy eating. You can download the ready-made quizzes below:
  What you know about the food you eat quiz
  How healthy is your diet? Questionnaire
• Healthy recipes – ask employees to submit healthy recipes and post them on your intranet. The BHF has some
  great heart healthy recipes you can use to get started and a great Asian recipe book you can order
• Displays and promotion of healthy choices in the staff restaurant - for example, providing information about nutritional content, food sources and food allergies, can all help people to make healthier and better-informed choices about their diet.
• Waist checks and weigh-in checks - many people who are trying to lose weight may find that regular waist measurement and weight checks help to keep their momentum going. If you offer these checks at work, organise them with care and discretion as many people are sensitive about weight and body image.
• For a guide to hand out to colleagues, see pages 96-97 in the Think Fit! Eat Well! pack, Are You a Healthy Weight?
• Download the waist-watchers challenge