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HEAL and Health Care

Health care organizations and providers support healthy eating and active living for patients, staff and others in their institutional policies and clinical practices. For example, primary care providers adopt standards of practice that include routine screening of BMI (Body Mass Index), and counseling and behavioral interventions for patients. Hospitals model healthy organizational practices by increasing availability and promoting healthy foods and beverages in cafeterias, vending machines and other concessions.

HEAL's Recommended Strategies for Health Care

• Seek training and support to integrate healthy eating and active living into clinical and organizational policies and practices
• Conduct assessment of dietary and physical activity behaviors, including BMI, for both adults and children at all routine visits
• Provide counseling and behavioral interventions to assist patients to improve dietary choices and physical activity behaviors
• Provide referrals to community healthy eating and active living resources as needed
• Create organizational environments that model healthy policies and practices for patients, employees and visitors

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