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Creating a Healthy Shelf: Just Say Yes to Fruits and Vegetables Program

Learn how to set up a healthy shelf in your agency to increase access to low sodium/low sugar fruits and vegetables for individuals accessing emergency feeding sites. Improve the health of your clients by providing healthier options.

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Creating a Healthy Shelf: Just Say Yes to Fruits and Vegetables Program

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  1. Creating a Healthy Shelf Just Say Yes to Fruits and Vegetables ProgramLong Island Agency Conference Day-September 12th, 2014 Presented by: Dana John-Goodrich MPH,RD JSY Nutrition Manager

  2. Background • Diet and body weight are related to health status • A healthy diet helps reduce the risks for many health conditions including but not limited to: • High blood pressure * • Type 2 diabetes * *specifically noted for the purposes of this presentation

  3. According to the USDA • Current dietary concerns include: the overconsumption of • calories • added sugars • saturated fats • Under consumption of: • whole grains • fruits • vegetables • And health conditions such as obesity

  4. Healthy People 2020 • One goal is to: • Promotehealthand reduce chronic disease risk through the consumption of healthful diets and achievement and maintenance of healthy body weights • One recommendation is to limit the intake of saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, added sugars, sodium (salt), and alcohol

  5. What Should We Be Doing? • According to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: • Avoid oversized portions • Making at least half one’s grain intake whole grains • Switch to fat-free or low-fat milk • Compare sodium levels in foods and choose those with the least amount of sodium • Opt for water over sugary drinks

  6. Motivation to Take Action • Poor neighborhoods have higher rates of overweight and obesity and more deaths due to diabetes and heart disease than more affluent neighborhoods • People in poorer neighborhoods, often rely on food pantries and soup kitchens for food • Donated food tends to be items which are extremely high in sodium and sugar • Canned vegetables • Fruits packed in syrup • Soup • Stews, Chili • This causes a dilemma for people who have hypertension and diabetes and are accessing the emergency feeding sites

  7. You Can Help Set Up a Healthy Shelf Invite JSY to Your Agency

  8. Setting Up a Healthy Shelf is Easy! • Set aside one shelf-Designate it a “Healthy Shelf” • Stock the shelf- Use canned fruits and vegetables with labels that match those discussed • Listen andobserve -Many clients will share with you or volunteers their health concerns; specifically high blood pressure and/or diabetes • Let clients know- you have these items available • Substitute-regular canned fruit and vegetable selections with the low sodium/ low sugar varieties

  9. Benefit of Creating a Healthy Shelf • Increase the availability of low sodium/no sodium vegetables and low sugar/no sugar added fruit choices to individuals accessing emergency feeding sites • Allows clients to have a choice to select low sodium/low sugar items • Potentially improve the health of the clients visiting your agency

  10. Look for These Labels • Look for Canned Fruits with Labels: • No Sugar Added • Lite • 100% Fruit Juice • Unsweetened • In Pear Juice • In 100% Pineapple Juice • Look for Canned Vegetables with Labels: • Low Sodium • No Sodium • No Salt Added • Reduced Sodium • 50% Less Salt

  11. Fruit Flyer

  12. Vegetable Flyer

  13. In the Warehouse

  14. Healthy Shelf Boxes

  15. Flyer for Your Agency

  16. Flyer for Your Agency

  17. Future plans • Use Healthy Shelf Guidelines for future food drives • Possibly Expand Healthy Shelf items • Healthy beverage box • Reduced fat items • Whole grains • Gluten free • Healthy breakfast box

  18. Resources • Seligman, Bindman, Vittinghoff, Kanaya, and Kushel (2007) Food Insecurity is Associated with Diabetes Mellitus: Results from the National Health Examination and Nutritional Examination Survey 1999-2002. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22, 1018-1023. Retrieved from http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/impact-of-hunger/physical-and-mental-health.aspx#_edn9 • Seligman, Laraia, and Kushel (2009) Food Insecurity Is Associated with Chronic Disease among Low-Income NHANES Participants. Journal of Nutrition, 140, 304-310  • Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010. Retrieved from http://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2010/dietaryguidelines2010.pdf • USDA. Retrieved from: http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-choices-health/diet-quality-nutrition.aspx • Gordon C, G. N. (2007). Eating Well in Harlem: How Available is Healthy Food? New York: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

  19. Questions?

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