Calorie Posting for Catering Staff Health Service Executive.

Calorie Posting for Catering Staff

Health Service Executive

FSAI (2012) What people need to know about calories on menus in Ireland

Background

Healthy Ireland Framework 2013– 2025

A Framework for improved health and wellbeing 2013 - 2025

Healthy Ireland

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Healthy Ireland in The Health Service-National Implementation Plan 2015-2017

HI in the Health Services –National Implementation Priorities 2015

– Calorie Posting – National Physical Activity Plan

+ Obesity Policy– Major Public Health Bills

(Alcohol, Standardised Packaging and Licensing of Sale of Tobacco)

– Enactment of Bill for Healthy Workplace

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Calorie Posting in the Health Services

The purpose of the calorie posting policy is to…

Why Calories Count?

2,500= Average number of calorie burned per day by a healthy male with normal levels of activity

Calories on menus – does it work?

The calorie posting policy says that…Calorie information should be displayed

The Policy includes…

Other Reasons to Calorie Post

What about inpatient meals?

HSE -Calorie Posting Policy

The policy states that for calorie posting to work these steps must be followed in all HSE facilities

The policy states that for calorie posting to work these steps must be followed in all HSE facilities

‘Point of Choice’ Calorie Posting

Implementation of Calorie Posting

Implementation of Calorie Posting

References

• Food Safety Authority of Ireland (2012) What people need to know about calories on menus in Ireland. http://www.fsai.ie/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=11419

• DOH (2013) Healthy Ireland Framework for improved health and wellbeing 2013 – 2025http://health.gov.ie/blog/publications/healthy-ireland-a-framework-for-improved-health-and-wellbeing-2013-2025/

• FSAI (2013) Menucal Calorie Calculator http://www.fsai.ie/food_businesses/menucal.html

• Food Safety Authority of Ireland (2012) Calories on Menus in Ireland – a Report on a National Consultation June 2012 http://www.fsai.ie/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=11419

References cont• Irish Universities Nutrition Alliance (IUNA) (2011) National Adult

Nutrition Survey-Summary Report http://www.ucd.ie/t4cms/IUNA%20summaryreport_final.pdf

• TILDA (2014) Obesity in an Ageing Society http://tilda.tcd.ie/assets/pdf/Obesity_in_an_Ageing_Society_Report.pdf

• Heinen, M., et al. (2014) The Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) in the Republic of Ireland: Findings from 2008, 2010 and 2012 [Online]. Available from: http://www.thehealthwell.info/node/746606

• Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) Infant Cohort At 3 years Dec.2011 www.growingup.ie

• Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) Cohort study at 9 years (2008) www.growingup.ie

Compiled by….

• Christine Gurnett, Senior Health Promotion Dietitian• Fiona Finneran, Hospital Dietitian• Gwen Rice, Senior Community Dietitian• Laura Molloy, National Health Promoting Health Services

Coordinator