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Nutrition Challenge
Reading Food Labels
Type of Activity: One Day Challenge Duration: 1 Day
Resource Link: Labels
This wellness activity is intended to teach your employees how to read and understand food labels while offering an opportunity to practice with a real life example. It is a one day activity.
Knowing how to interpret food labels will help your employees become healthier and more informed consumers.
Resources In The Gallagher Wellness Kit
• Printable food label for Progresso Traditional Chicken Noodle Soup
• Educational handout that explains how to read food labels
• E-mail/ letter template to introduce and the program to employees
• Reading Food Labels quiz
Responsibilities & Resources Needed
• Determine the date, time and location
• Determine if you will offer a prize drawing and what type of prize you will give (suggested $15 gift card)
• To promote the activity, post the wellness activity poster around your of ce and email/ mail the employee letter at least 1 week before the wellness activity (include the educational handout)
• Print the following to place at the activity site before the event beings: Progression Traditional Chicken Noodle Soup food label contained in toolkit, copies of the educational handout, copies of the activity quiz contained in the toolkit
• Determine who will set up the activity site and purchase the can of soup if desired
• Determine where employees should submit their quiz responses and determine who will be responsible for conducting the drawing
Potential Cost
Prizes
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