Eat Well at Work

Eat Well at Work

Eating healthy meals while at work keeps you going strong through your busy day. Planning ahead can prevent grabbing rushed, unhealthy meals from the vending machine or corner carry out. Work with your colleagues to make healthy eating at work a priority!

• Fill your fridge with ready-to-eat foods that combine easily to make healthy lunches.  Purchase a fruit or vegetable from the cafeteria to add to your lunch: Five Healthy Lunches.
• Work with a friend to pack shared healthy lunches for two on alternating days: Packing Pals
• Organize teachers to bring in one ingredient for a salad bar on a regular basis: Start a Salad Bar Club.
  • Use sign up sheets for an all-purpose salad bar, a Tex Mex salad bar, a rainbow salad bar, or an Asian flavors salad bar.
  • Use a free online signup form: SignUp Genius, Perfect Potluck.
• Plan with your colleagues to make water easily accessible, and challenge one another to drink more water: Fuel Your Body with Water
• Create a system for sharing healthy recipes: Healthy Recipe Swaps.
  • Hold a healthy potluck featuring swapped recipes.
• Work with your administration to ensure staff meetings support healthy eating:
  • Take steps to Hold Healthy Meetings.
  • Use these 9 Healthy Meeting Hacks to makeover your next meeting.
• Don’t let well-meaning teacher appreciation gifts sabotage your healthy eating goals:
  • Launch a Teacher Appreciation Makeover
  • Communicate with parents about healthy teacher appreciation

To learn more about how you can help create a healthy workplace, visit our Worksite Wellness page.