Organizational Policies to Reduce Consumption of Sugary Drinks

Public Health – Seattle & King County

Organizational Policies to Reduce Consumption of Sugary

Drinks


Sugary drinks are everywhere!


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?


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


Banning or limiting sugary drinks


Better yet…


Make sugary drinks more expensive

= $1.00 = $1.50


Proportional Pricing

12 ounces - $1

20 ounces = $1.66

32 ounces = $2.66

64 ounces = $5.33


Better yet… no huge serving sizes!

6.5 oz (1920s)

12 oz(1960s)

20 oz (1990s)

33 oz (1L) Today


Limit marketing and promotion


Procurement


Raise awareness!


King County Board of Health Healthy Vending Guidelines

Tool for all institutions that want to improve the healthfulness of vending options


To learn more about how you or your organization can reduce

sugary drinks…Anne Pearson

[email protected]

Information and downloadable materials are available on our website at:

www.kingcounty/health/sugarydrinksPublic Health - Seattle & King County

401 5th Avenue, Suite 900Seattle, WA 98104

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