University of Colorado Health

Hospitals are the places we go to get healthy, so the food we eat while there should have a positive impact on our bodies. With this in mind, more than 700 hospital partners across the nation, including University of Colorado Health (UCHealth), teamed up with PHA to make healthier choices easier.

On October 6, 2012, UCHealth joined PHA’s Hospital Healthier Food Initiative, partnering with to create dramatic and expansive improvements in hospital nutrition. From committing to displaying only health-promoting food options in cafeteria and menu advertising, to removing all fryers and deep-fat fried products and placing healthier food options within five feet of the checkout, the changes have the potential to reach the many patients, employees and guest that pass through UCHealth’s two facilities.

Our patients trust us to be a community model in all areas of health, including food choices. This initiative is not just a commitment to our hospitals; it is a commitment to our greater northern Colorado community.

~Kevin Unger, President & CEO, Poudre Valley Hospital

UCHealth’s two hospitals serve approximately 2,400 meals to the 800 pediatric patients they care for every year, and more than 200,000 meals to their adults patients. When considering staff and visitors, that equals more than one million nutritious meals served every year!