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Eating Well Your Way E-Presentations Information Sheet
As part of our current workplace initiative, Eating Well Your Way, we have developed two, auto-run electronic presentations for employees who use a computer, or have access to one. Making these presentations available helps to address busy schedules and different styles of learning.
- Healthy Lunches that Work for You
- Nutrition Labelling Uncovered
Description
Each electronic presentation is approximately five minutes in length. These presentations provide information and suggestions about planning and packing a healthy lunch for the workplace, as well as how to read nutrition labels to make nutritious food choices.
Distributing the Presentations
One person from your workplace should be responsible for distributing the presentations in three ways:
1. Windsor-Essex County Health Unit Website
Provide the link to employees where they can find these two presentations. During the initiative (June – Sept 2007), employees can go to http://www.wechealthunit.org/workplace-health/initiatives/eating-well-your-way to view the two presentations. Or, employees can go to www.wechealthunit.org/workplace-health and click on Latest Initiatives (Eating Well Your Way) or Electronic Presentations on the right hand side.
2. E-mail to Employees
E-mail each of the two presentations to your employees over a 3- or 4-week period (e.g., one every two weeks). This option is available to workplaces that have a moderately high-capacity computer system to accommodate the size of each presentation. Each of the electronic presentations is between 1.5 – 2.0 MB. If you are not sure about the size capacity of your email system, try emailing one of the presentations to a co-worker. Ask that person to open the file and view the presentation. If s/he has no problems, then email each presentation to all employees.
3. Stand-Alone Workstation
You may choose to make these presentations available at a stand-alone workstation. The presentations can be accessed from the health unit website, as described in #2 above. Consider setting up a computer in an area where employees gather (e.g., lunch room) to allow access to the presentations for a specified period of time (e.g., show each presentation for one week).
Promoting the Presentations
We recommend that you send out one or more messages to employees (e-mail, voice mail, posted on a bulletin board, or on pay stubs) to encourage employees to view the presentations. Below is a sample message for your use. You can send parts of the message to remind employees to watch for the presentations, especially if the presentations are being shown individually over a period of time.
Sample Message:
Eating Well Your WayDid you know that Health Canada recently released a new version of Canada’s Food Guide? Following the recommendations in Canada’s Food Guide will help you to meet your nutrient needs, reduce your risk for chronic disease and contribute to overall health and vitality.To find out about how you can use Canada’s Food Guide to make healthier choices for you and your family, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has developed two electronic presentations.
Most of us know that packing a healthy lunch for kids is important; but what about ourselves? This presentation highlights the main recommendations in Canada’s Food Guide and how to use these for choosing tasty and healthy lunches that will keep you satisfied all afternoon long.
Do you ever look at a package of food and wonder whether or not it is a healthy choice? With all of the different information on food packages, knowing which foods are healthier choices can be confusing. This presentation will introduce you to nutrition labels and show you how to use them to make healthier choices. |