Florida State University

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Florida State University has implemented a comprehensive, strategic product placement and merchandising policy within dining venues to encourage healthier food consumption. The policy requires that only healthier food is placed within five feet of the register and that all signage and icons at food stations designate healthy options. The policy also requires that dining facilities feature visually appealing water dispensers and fruit displays to encourage consumption. In addition, Florida State University now provides larger self-serve scoops, tongs and containers for healthy items like vegetables, while providing only smaller service equipment for croutons, salad dressings and other non-produce items as a way to promote healthier items at salad bars.

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Florida State University offers free water in all dining, recreational and educational facilities through water dispensers, water fountains and bottle filling stations. The student-run campaign, Take Back the Tap, aims to transform Florida State University into a “bottled water free campus” by phasing out the sale of bottled water and encouraging individuals to fill reusable water bottles at one of the 65 hydration stations on campus.