Resources for Your Community

• Physical Activity
• Healthy Eating

Physical Activity

Building interest in a workplace wellness committee

• Fit Business Toolkit to promote workplace wellness. Used by the California Health Department.
• Wellness Council of America (Welcoa): multiple resources and strategies to make the case for physical activity to business leaders. Helpful links in the "Free Resources" section include Free Reports, Expert Interviews, Surveys and Samples, and more.
• Healthy Work Environments Resource Guide from Michigan Department of Community Health: resources and links aimed at helping worksites take steps to create a healthier workforce.

Workplace physical activity assessment resources

• Workplace Environmental Assessment: a survey tool used by the California Department of Health for worksite health promotion related to physical activity and healthy eating.
• Employee Survey Instruments from Welcoa: several different surveys that employers can administer.

Resources for physical activity campaigns in workplaces

• Move More Workbook – Worksite Wellness Toolkit: Provides information on how to set up physical activity programs and also includes downloadable posters that worksites can use to promote stairwell use and pedometer use encouragement.
• Success Story from NC Mutual Insurance Company: learn about this company's successful stairwell program.
• Success Story from Nash County Health Department: learn about the health departments' successful stairwell program.

Creating on-going physical activity programs in workplaces

• NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund's Workplace Wellness Toolkit provides a wealth of resources on how to start a wellness program in your organization.
• Case Study on workplace walking program – learn the background, tips and lessons learned from county-wide initiative for employers in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
• Create an Employee Transportation Program to make active tranportation to work easier and more attractive for employees. County Employee website from King County, WA, provides a good example.

Policy resources to create a physical activity friendly workplace

• Sample organizational policy on physical activity from Eat Smart Move More NC.
• Worksite Policies from the CDC's Healthier Worksite Initiative. Provides information on a wide range of worksite practices that are used at the CDC or other federal agencies to increase physical activity or healthy eating among employees.
• Business Guide to buying Health Insurance for employees from North Carolina Prevention Partners. See pages 9-12 on document for the types of health insurance buying policy that a workplace can use to reduce its healthcare costs. Other resources in document include case studies and examples of worksite policy changes to promote healthier employees.

Expanding access to physical activity in workplaces

• Bicycle-friendly workplaces: provides tips and information about environmental changes workplaces can take to make bicycle commuting easier.
• Walking at Work: A scenario that walks through the process of making comprehensive policy and environmental changes in order to promote walking at work. From Cornell University's Guide for Custom Community Intervention Planning.
• Case study – area business coalition working together to get more businesses interested in employee health. From the Community Change Chronicles of East Smart Move More NC.

Healthy Eating

Building interest in a workplace wellness committee

• Fit Business Toolkit to promote workplace wellness. Used by the California Health Department.
• Wellness Council of America (Welcoa): multiple resources and strategies to make the case for physical activity to business leaders. Helpful links in the "Free Resources" section include Free Reports, Expert Interviews, Surveys and Samples, and more.
• Healthy Work Environments Resource Guide from Michigan Department of Community Health: resources and links aimed at helping worksites take steps to create a healthier workforce.

Workplace physical activity assessment resources

• Workplace Environmental Assessment: a survey tool used by the California Department of Health for worksite health promotion related to physical activity and healthy eating.
• Employee Survey Instruments from Welcoa: several different surveys that employers can administer.

Resources for healthy eating campaigns in workplaces

• Eat Smart Workbook – Worksite Wellness Toolkit: Provides information on how to set up healthy eating activities and also includes downloadable posters that worksites can use to promote healthy eating.
• Power Point presentations from Welcoa: presentations address different health and wellness issues in the workplace.
• "Focus on Employees" - County employee website (King County, WA) features information to help educate employees on eating smart and moving more, and to link them to programs such as an Alternative Transportation Incentives program and Weight Watchers at Work.

Creating on-going physical activity programs in workplaces

• NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund's Workplace Wellness Toolkit provides a wealth of resources on how to start a wellness program in your organization.
• "Strides to a Healthier Worksite" Manual: ideas for specific programs and implementation strategies to increase healthy eating in the workplace (see pages 8-12). From the South Dakota Department of Health.

Policy resources to create a physical activity friendly workplace

• Guidelines for Healthy Foods at Meetings: from Eat Smart Move More NC.
• Sample Healthy Foods Policy: from Eat Smart Move More NC.
• Guidelines for Healthy Meetings: from New York State Department of Health.

Expanding access to physical activity in workplaces

• Workplace Nutrition Guidelines from Peterborough County Health Unit: resources and ideas for employers on how the physical environment at work can encourage healthy food options.
• Garden Markets at Worksites provides a toolkit for workplaces that are interested in making fresh foods more readily available on-site. Developed by the CDC.