El Camino Hospital
2017 Progress Report
To move healthcare institutions toward delivering nutritious options to meet the needs of children and families they serve, committing hospitals will engage in nine domains of activities:
- Fruit and Vegetable Procurement-increasing purchasing of fruits and vegetables,
- Food Marketing-displaying only health-promoting foods in advertising and pictorials,
- Healthy Checkout-offering only healthier food options near cash register stations,
- Child Wellness Meals-offering to patients and guests a child wellness meal that meets specific nutrient, food and affordability profiles,
- Adult Wellness Meals-offering to patients, guests and staff adult wellness meals that meet specific nutrient, food and affordability profiles,
- Overall Cafeteria/Menu Offerings-increasing the percentage of healthy entrees and side dishes,
- Nutrition Labeling-labeling all foods with calories per serving,
- Healthy Beverage Procurement-increasing purchase of healthier beverages and
- Food Preparation-removing all fryers and deep fat fried products.
Verified Results
Partner Statement
“El Camino Hospital aims to make the healthy choice the easy choice for our employees, patients, and visitors. In addition to our daily ‘Cancer Healthy’ wellness meals, we have implemented guidelines for beverages and pre-packaged snacks offered by our cafeterias, vending machines, and gift shops. We have modified our environment by eliminating beverages with added sugar and only offering pre-packaged snacks that are ‘smarter snacks.’ A smarter snack has ≤250 calories, ≤10 grams of fat, ≤3 grams of saturated fat, zero trans-fat, ≤230 milligrams of sodium, and ≤20 grams of sugar. Many have expressed that they enjoy having a greater variety of healthier options available, and appreciate that it is now easier to choose something healthier at both campuses.”