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1 Public Health – Seattle & King County Organizational Policies to Reduce Consumption of Sugary Drinks

2 Public Health – Seattle & King County Sugary drinks are everywhere!

3 Public Health – Seattle & King County You are where you eat  Our environment affects our heath behaviors  We can reduce sugary drink consumption by limiting access to sugary drinks in places where we:  Live  Work  Learn  Play  How do we do that?

4 Public Health – Seattle & King County Organizational Drink Policies  To reduce sugary drink consumption, organizations can adopt policies that:  Ban or restrict the availability of sugary drinks  Promote water consumption  Make sugary drinks more expensive than healthier options  Limit portion size  Limit marketing and promotion  Prohibit using organizational funds to purchase sugary drinks  Educate people about healthy choices

5 Public Health – Seattle & King County Banning or limiting sugary drinks

6 Public Health – Seattle & King County Better yet…

7 Public Health – Seattle & King County Make sugary drinks more expensive = $1.00= $1.50

8 Public Health – Seattle & King County Proportional Pricing 12 ounces - $1 20 ounces = $1.66 32 ounces = $2.66 64 ounces = $5.33

9 Public Health – Seattle & King County Better yet… no huge serving sizes! 6.5 oz (1920s) 12 oz (1960s) 20 oz (1990s) 33 oz (1L) Today

10 Public Health – Seattle & King County Limit marketing and promotion

11 Public Health – Seattle & King County Procurement

12 Public Health – Seattle & King County Raise awareness!

13 Public Health – Seattle & King County King County Board of Health Healthy Vending Guidelines Tool for all institutions that want to improve the healthfulness of vending options

14 Public Health – Seattle & King County To learn more about how you or your organization can reduce sugary drinks… Anne Pearson Anne.Pearson@Kingcounty.gov 206-263-9411 Information and downloadable materials are available on our website at: www.kingcounty/health/sugarydrinks Public Health - Seattle & King County 401 5th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98104


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