The Happy Heart Healthy Eating at Work Awards programme, run in conjunction with the Irish Heart Foundation and HSE Health & Wellbeing are supporting catering facilities in healthcare settings access expert guidance and support to assist them to:
- adopt healthier cooking practices and healthier options, without incurring substantial costs
- ensure healthier options are promoted and provided, and
- ensure food and beverages procured and provided are aligned with the HSE Nutrition standards for the provision of food and beverages for staff and visitors.
Gaining the Healthy Eating Award helps to create a culture of health and wellbeing and demonstrates a commitment to our most important asset, our employees.
We also will be holding a short webinar in September 2021 where we will formally launch the Awards, the HSE Nutrition Standards for provision of food and beverages and we will showcase facilities who have received the Happy Heart Healthy Eating Award. Register here.
There are currently over 50 healthcare facilities who have achieved the Award in the past and who have worked extremely hard for many years to provide good quality healthy food for staff and visitors. During 2021 we are working to support currently certified sites to renew their certification and/or work towards a higher award and also to engage and help new facilities to get started.
Annual Obesity Education Event: 7th October, 2021 from 3 – 7pm
The 2020 Obesity Summer School was great success. This year we’ve moved to Autumn and are delivering the event in partnership with the Association for Study of Obesity on Island of Ireland (ASOI) and the Irish Coalition for People Living with Obesity (ICPO). Registration details to follow.