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Physical Activity | Nutrition | Tobacco Use
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Physical Activity
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Make an environmental change to make stairs accessible and inviting (carpeting, music, lighting, artwork) in worksites to induce stairwell use over escalator or elevators by employees. See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's StairWELLprogram.
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Create worksite environments or campuses that promote physical activity through their design (outdoor walking trails, exercise facilities/locker rooms, hallway walking routes).
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Make an environmental change to provide workers with shower facilities and flex time to encourage physical activity before or during the workday.
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Make an environmental change to make worksite wellness, with a physical activity component, part of the employee benefit package.
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Implement a policy to offer lower insurance premiums, cash rebates, vacation days, or other incentives for employees who can document participation in regular physical activity.
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Nutrition
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Implement a policy that requires that a certain percentage of all meals offered in the worksite cafeterias, vending machines, and other food outlets will meet certain nutritional standards, such as the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
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Create financial incentives to purchase healthy foods (low fat/high fiber) through cafeteria and vending pricing structures that promote healthy purchases over less healthy (higher fat/low fiber) choices.
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Implement a policy that foods served at meetings, seminars, and workshops promote a high fiber/low fat, nutrient-dense food items such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, or low fat milk or juice products (see American Cancer Society's Meeting Well.)
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Make an environmental change to work with an existing farmers' market to establish a farmers' market or community-supported agriculture drop-off at or near the worksite.
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Make an environmental change to post nutritional information for all menus, menu boards, and food sold in worksite cafeterias or other areas.
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Make an environmental change and adopt a nutrition labeling system to identify food items that meet certain nutrition standards, such as the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
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Tobacco Use
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Implement a 100% smoke free worksite policy. See Michigan's exampleof a smoke free policy.
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Post "No Smoking" signs throughout the worksite.
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Contact your local health department or hospital and request smoking cessation services to be offered at the worksite. See Michigan's guideto local programs across the state.
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Use broadcast voicemail or email to promote the Michigan Department of Community Health Tobacco Quitline (800) 480-7848.
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Subscribe to a health insurance carrier that covers smoking cessation services, or encourage your current health insurance carrier to increase coverage.
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For more information on healthy lifestyles visit our websites, contact your local health department or write to:
517/335-8771 or downingch@michigan.gov
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