Berkeley Soda Tax
In: PreventionManual excerpt for this Program. This will appear in search results lists, any archive of programs, and in the insights pages sidebar. This is the excerpt field, at the very end of the post editing screen.
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: State/Municipal
Attributes: Community Outreach/Engagement, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Population Health
Brighter Bites
In: PreventionThe Texas-based Brighter Bites program distributes fresh fruits and vegetables to low-income students and their parents at no cost through an interactive co-op model. During pick-up time, families receive bilingual handbooks, tip sheets, and recipes, and they are invited to sample healthy meals – or “brighter bites” – created with the week’s recipes. Children also …
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Access/Affordability, Behavior Change, Free for Participants, Health Education, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, School-Based
Cooking Matters
In: PreventionCooking Matters, which provides free cooking and nutrition classes for adults, children, and families living in underserved communities, is based on the premise that nutrition education should be coupled with cooking lessons so that meals can be healthy and enjoyable. By partnering with local organizations, Cooking Matters achieves both national-scope and optimization through customizability. The Cooking Matters …
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Access/Affordability, Behavior Change, Community Outreach/Engagement, Free for Participants, Health Education, Nutrition & Healthy Eating
Creating a Culture of Wellness - UCSF
In: Workplace WellnessOrganizations create cultures of wellness by combining health education with onsite efforts to promote healthy behaviors and an institutional emphasis on health as a central value. For employees in such organizations, health is part of the culture, and to be healthy is to be part of the community These organizations create environments that ease and …
Category: Innovator
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Culture of Wellness, Environmental Change, Nutrition & Healthy Eating
Diabetes Awareness & Wellness Network (DAWN)
In: Healthcare Teams of the FutureThe DAWN Center provides a community space focused on developing diabetes self-management skills. DAWN offers courses on diabetes basics, nutrition, cooking, and physical activity and provides facilities for people to practice these skills. Membership is free, as are the broad variety of resources offered to members. The DAWN Mobile Unit provides diabetes risk screenings and …
Category: Gold Standard
Attributes: Behavior Change, Community Outreach/Engagement, Free for Participants, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Physical Activity Promotion, Population Health
Faithful Families Eating Smart and Moving More
In: PreventionFaithful Families provides nutrition and healthy living education in faith communities, with a curriculum designed to tie together faith and health. The nine-part curriculum is taught by a trained nutritional facilitator and a lay leader from the faith community. The model has inspired similar faith-based prevention initiatives in at least seven other U.S. states.
Category: Innovator
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Behavior Change, Faith-based, Health Education, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Peer Support, Targeted Population
Fruit & Vegetable Prescription (FVRx) Program
In: PreventionThe FVRx Program, by Wholesome Wave, enables healthcare providers to write individual prescriptions for fruits and vegetables for low-income patients working to adopt healthy lifestyle changes. Patients can redeem their prescribed fruits and vegetables at participating retailers, grocery stores, and farmer’s markets. Produce is either donated directly or paid for through donations. Patients enrolled in …
Category: Prime Performer
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Access/Affordability, Behavior Change, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Personalized Care/Precision Medicine
Jamie's Food Revolution
In: PreventionSpearheaded by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, Jamie’s Food Revolution has spurred national, coordinated nutrition movements in the UK, Canada, and Australia. The revolution’s six-point plan focuses on wide-sweeping changes for governments, schools, and individuals. The initiative includes a number of programs, including: Jamie’s Ministry of Food, which provides classes on cooking healthy meals; a …
Category: Prime Performer
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Community Outreach/Engagement, Environmental Change, Health Education, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Population Health
MSWEIGHT
In: Healthcare Teams of the FutureMSWEIGHT seeks to address the muffled discussion about obesity in US health education and healthcare. Through a 5-year intensive study (3,311 participants at 9 of the most selective US medical schools), the program is testing a new model for teaching weight management counseling, called MS Weight. The results of the study are determined through the …
Category: Innovator
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Medical Education, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Obesity
Smart Choice and Healthy Beverage Programs
In: PreventionAs joint programs, Smart Choice and Healthy Beverage aim to make healthier food and drink options available on the various medical campuses of the University of California, San Francisco. Smart Choice created a standardized system for communicating nutritional information, including printing nutrition facts on receipts and labeling healthy choices with a recognizable logo. The Smart …
Category: Innovator
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Culture of Wellness, Environmental Change, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Social Determinants of Health
Virta Clinic
In: Healthcare Teams of the FutureVirta is an “online specialty medical clinic” focused on improving and even reversing type 2 diabetes Patients receive an individual nutritional plan focused on establishing “nutritional ketosis” through very low-carb diets. Patients access their care team, including an overseeing physician and a dedicated one-on-one coach, through a digital platform that also allows for biometric monitoring …
Category: Innovator
Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Online/App-Based/Digital, Personalized Care/Precision Medicine