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Public Health – Seattle & King County Organizational Policies to Reduce Consumption of Sugary Drinks
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Public Health – Seattle & King County Sugary drinks are everywhere!
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Public Health – Seattle & King County 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?
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Public Health – Seattle & King County 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
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Public Health – Seattle & King County Banning or limiting sugary drinks
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Public Health – Seattle & King County Better yet…
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Public Health – Seattle & King County Make sugary drinks more expensive = $1.00= $1.50
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Public Health – Seattle & King County Proportional Pricing 12 ounces - $1 20 ounces = $1.66 32 ounces = $2.66 64 ounces = $5.33
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Public Health – Seattle & King County Better yet… no huge serving sizes! 6.5 oz (1920s) 12 oz (1960s) 20 oz (1990s) 33 oz (1L) Today
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Public Health – Seattle & King County Limit marketing and promotion
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Public Health – Seattle & King County Procurement
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Public Health – Seattle & King County Raise awareness!
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Public Health – Seattle & King County King County Board of Health Healthy Vending Guidelines Tool for all institutions that want to improve the healthfulness of vending options
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Public Health – Seattle & King County 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 County 401 5th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98104
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