Happy Friday one and all,
I've just spotted an article about Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City (which oddly enough is in Missouri - go figure). This hospital, as part of a health overhaul, has completely removed all sugary drink machines from the hospital.
They also only advertise healthy options available from their cafeteria and low fat and sodium "wellness" meals are available both there and on the patient wards, too. Fruit bowls will be placed at cash registers. In the next three years, they will eliminate all deep fryers from their food services.
Additionally, another local hospital closed its McDonalds outlet.
Remember, we are on the "see food" diet - we see food and we eat it. And what we see these days is calorie dense and nutrient low. The global obesity surge is often referred to as a "normal response to an abnormal environment".
“There is no research that any one specific change is going to change people’s eating behavior long-term,” Summar said. “But what we do know is that when the healthy choice is the easy choice, people are more likely to make it.”
So if the environment changes, our choices will change. The overabundance and overavailability of high fat, sugar and salt foods skews our decisions, with negative health and wellbeing results.
And what better place to start to tackle the environment than a children's hospital. God Bless 'em! Next stop The Alfred, please - then St Vincents, Childrens, Royal Melbourne .......
Kansas City here I come!
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