Workplace
| Community dietitians support and encourage workplaces and their caterers to adopt a 'whole workplace' approach to healthier eating. Caterers are encouraged to provide and promote healthy food choices on their menus and provide a healthy eating environment. As more and more people are eating outside the home, caterers have an increasing influence on what people eat. Therefore they play a key role in shaping the nations future health. There are 2 Award Schemes which reward caterers for their effort and commitment in providing healthy food choices within a healthy environment. For further information contact Pamela Murray (Senior Community Dietitian). |
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'The Healthyliving Award is a national award for the food service and catering sector in Scotland. Funded by the Scottish Executive, the Healthyliving Award was launched in August 2006 and builds on the experience of the Scottish Healthy Choices Award. It was established to make it easier for people eating out to know where to go for healthier food, and to encourage the food service industry to provide healthier food on their menus. It is open to all workplaces, NHS outlets, further education establishments, family restaurants, sandwich shops and places where people eat regularly across Scotland, with the exception of schools and hospital patient food.' |
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"Scotland's Health at Work is a national award programme (Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards) which rewards employers who demonstrate commitment to improving the health and ultimately the performance of their workforce." ... "The programme brings benefits to employers as well as employees by helping create a healthier, more motivated workforce and reducing sickness absence." |
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The successful initiatives of Scotland's Health at Work (SHAW) and Safe and Healthy Working (SaHW), have been brought together to form a single new integrated organisation, the Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives. This will provide a national focus for taking forward this critically important work. Working to improve the health of working age people in Scotland by ensuring healthier and safer workplaces, promoting healthier lifestyles and developing employability. |
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How to run your own workplace weight management programme This workplace weight management programme has been designed to support workplaces who wish to run a weight management course for their staff. It aims to give those facilitating the course, whether they have a healthcare background or not, the confidence to plan and deliver weight management sessions within their workplace. The pack provides some basic nutritional information and includes an 8 week session planner, which offers the facilitators of the course a step by step outline for each week of the course. |
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This resource pack has been produced for those co-ordinating the healthy eating aspects of the Scottish Health At Work (SHAW) Award Programme. It is a self assessment document which provides general information on healthy eating, food labelling, recipe modification and details the healthy eating criteria specific to the SHAW Award. |
