Wellness Library : Corporate Health Promotion Program Ideas: Low Fat Foods Sampling
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Often individuals avoid low fat foods because they think these foods do not taste good. To help inform staff members, purchase a variety of low fat foods and put them out in a conference room for an hour or so for a drop-in tasting session. Or, arrange for low-fat potlucks encouraging staff members to bring and share their favorite low fat or healthy dishes.
Considerations:
• Make sure the selections actually taste good.
• Offer a “fact sheet” with the names and price of the various products to help participants if they want to purchase these products from the grocery store.
• Give other written information on good nutrition for any interested participants to take. Utilize websites and other resources listed in the Resource Section at the end of this guide.
• Give small tasting spoons or wooden ice cream tasters.
• It doesn’t take much of each item to give participants a taste of the meals or dish. It is not significant to buy enough, or bring enough, food to offer a meal.
• Plan the tasting room after lunch so participants can go in on their own and sample.
• Watch for overly sugary items…sometimes low fat means elevated sugar – so be sure to look at the label.
• Examples of purchases for a worksite sampling might include: 2 boxes of low fat crackers, a package of low fat cheese, a box of low fat cookies, two or three low fat spreads such as hummus, low fat cream cheese, a package of honey nut or other flavored rice crackers, and one or two other low fat items.
• Put signs on the table politely reminding participants that the idea is to sample, not have a meal.
• Provide a beverage such as a new kind of fruit juice or herbal tea.
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