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North Carolina Winner’s Circle Healthy Dining Program

North Carolina Winner’s Circle Healthy Dining Program. Kim Shovelin, MPH, RD, LDN Meg Molloy, DrPH, MPH, RD NC Prevention Partners APHA November, 2003. What is Winner’s Circle?.

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North Carolina Winner’s Circle Healthy Dining Program

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  1. North Carolina Winner’s Circle Healthy Dining Program Kim Shovelin, MPH, RD, LDN Meg Molloy, DrPH, MPH, RD NC Prevention Partners APHA November, 2003

  2. What is Winner’s Circle? The Winner's Circle is a healthy dining program of NC Prevention Partners, the Cardiovascular Health, Physical Activity and Nutrition, and Women and Children's Health Programs of the NC Division of Public Health; the NC Department of Public Instruction; and local health agencies; with support from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  3. Our Partners: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

  4. NC Prevention Partners Statewide 501(c) 3 housed in the Institute of Public Health, UNC-CH with mission: Putting prevention first for a healthier NC by fostering partnerships, promoting prevention, and influencing policy

  5. What is Winner’s Circle? • National healthy dining initiative to create and promote healthy eating out environments • Operates at local and statewide levels in numerous eating venues • Piloted in 1999/ 2000

  6. Winner’s Circle Aims • To create healthy eating environments across the nation by empowering local partners and affiliates to offer various dining venuestechnical assistance to identify & promote healthy menu items; • To create consistent, credible and easily recognized nutritional guidance for consumers in participating restaurants (and other eating venues) on menus, doors, menu inserts, brochures, table tents… • To increase consumer demandfor healthy items away from home with marketing tools andlocal promotions

  7. How Does Winner’s Circle work in NC? • NC Prevention Partners: • conducts research and develops model & materials • develops training and tool kits • manages the program • identifies new partners • forms media partnerships • evaluates • State PAN and Cardiovascular Health Units, NC DHHS support local health departments to implement the program

  8. Who are the local partners? • Counties develop or engage existing local coalitions who are trained to do the Winner’s Circle Program in their community • Partners come from health departments, hospitals, universities, businesses, cooperative extension, dietetic association chapters

  9. How Does It Work in EatingEstablishments? • Locals identify restaurant or NCPP identifies chain • Commit to participate • Merchandise Winner’s Circle choices in eating establishment • Communicate participation in Winner’s Circle via media and public relations • Support from coalitions in counties

  10. Nutrition Criteria • This program should first actively guide food choices that promote health (fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, calcium-rich, bottled water) • Limit fat and sodium • Snack food limit sugar and in schools limit portions • Separate criteria for meals, items, snacks

  11. Where is Winner’s Circle? • Restaurants (local and chain) • Vending Machines • Schools • Work site cafeterias • Hospitals • Sporting Venues • Convenient Stores

  12. After 3 years, what NC eating out establishmentsare participating? • 90 of 100 counties in NC • Working towards implementation in over 50 of 117 school districts • Subway and McDonald’s in NC • launching Golden Corral nationally

  13. What’s in the Works... • Approved snack list for vending/ convenient stores • Partnerships with key national organizations • Labeling behind the scenes (approved foods from vendors) • Bringing the program to new states

  14. The Website The Website…www.ncwinnerscircle.org new website coming: www.winnerscirclehealthydining.com Email Kim at kim@ncpreventionpartners.org

  15. How Can Winner’s Circle Come to Your State? • Winners Circle is expanding nationally • Chain expansion across state lines • Training available to state health & education departments • NCPP provides: • Rights to use name, logo and all materials • Training to cross agency teams • Turnkey kit of stickers, manual with a step-by-step guide and multiple tools • Technical assistance • Menu of additional services

  16. Key to Success: Turnkey Program • Tools and kit ready to go • Piloted in numerous eating establishments and populations • Attitude of partnership with eating establishments • Many merchandising tools • National partners established • Sound nutrition criteria

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