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Organizational Policies to Reduce Consumption of Sugary Drinks

Organizational Policies to Reduce Consumption of Sugary Drinks. Sugary drinks are everywhere!. You are where you eat. Our environment affects our heath behaviors We can reduce sugary drink consumption by limiting access to sugary drinks in places where we: Live Work Learn Play

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Organizational Policies to Reduce Consumption of Sugary Drinks

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  1. Organizational Policies to Reduce Consumption of Sugary Drinks

  2. Sugary drinks are everywhere!

  3. You are where you eat Our environment affects our heath behaviors We can reduce sugary drink consumption by limiting access to sugary drinks in places where we: Live Work Learn Play How do we do that?

  4. Organizational Drink Policies To reduce sugary drink consumption, organizations can adopt policies that: Ban or restrict the availability of sugary drinks Promote water consumption Make sugary drinks more expensive than healthier options Limit portion size Limit marketing and promotion Prohibit using organizational funds to purchase sugary drinks Educate people about healthy choices

  5. Banning or limiting sugary drinks

  6. Better yet…

  7. Make sugary drinks more expensive = $1.00 = $1.50

  8. Proportional Pricing 12 ounces - $1 20 ounces = $1.66 32 ounces = $2.66 64 ounces = $5.33

  9. Better yet… no huge serving sizes! 6.5 oz (1920s) 12 oz (1960s) 20 oz (1990s) 33 oz (1L) Today

  10. Limit marketing and promotion

  11. Procurement

  12. Raise awareness!

  13. King County Board of Health Healthy Vending Guidelines Tool for all institutions that want to improve the healthfulness of vending options

  14. To learn more about how you or your organization can reduce sugary drinks… Anne Pearson Anne.Pearson@Kingcounty.gov 206-263-9411 Information and downloadable materials are available on our website at: www.kingcounty/health/sugarydrinks Public Health - Seattle & King County401 5th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98104

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