WORKPLACES AND INSTITUTIONS1
AIM
Institute and implement policies that promote physical activity, and healthy meals and bodyweight
RECOMMENDATIONS
Workplaces and institutions:
Use price and other incentives to encourage healthy eating and active commuting, and to discourage motorised transport
Ensure that physical environments are designed or adapted and maintained to facilitate physical activity and weight control
Encourage sustained breastfeeding with supportive environments and employment contracts, and access to childcare
Do not allow vending machines that offer snacks high in sugar, fat, or salt, or sugary drinks, and withdraw such 'fast foods' and drinks from canteens
Institutions:
Provide healthy meals, facilities for physical activity, and access to advice on nutrition, fitness, weight control, and disease prevention
- Includes all managers and directors in all workplaces, public and private. Also universities and other higher education institutions, hospitals, hostels, care homes (for people without and with cancer), armed forces facilities, prisons, and other institutional settings.
For more details see CHAPTER 8 of the Policy Report
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