The Kansas Hospital Association has received pledges from 51 Kansas hospitals committed to examining their current food and beverage practices and considering new policies that provide healthier food options in the hospital cafeteria and throughout the facility, according to an article on The Chanute Tribune website.
Access to healthy food should benefit hospital employees, patients and visitors, while also helping to establish norms for healthier living for the communities served, the article said.
Participating hospitals will consider adopting recommendations made by the Kansas Hospital Education and Research Foundation’s Healthy Kansas Hospitals initiative.
Recommendations include increasing the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables, eliminating all fried foods, adding healthier items to vending machines and adding nutrition labeling for meals in the cafeteria.
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