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Berkeley,
California (Friday, October 12, 2007) – Feel like you can't eat out because you can't eat healthy? The City of
Berkeley and Kaiser Permanente can help.
“Eat Well Berkeley,” which launches Tuesday, October 16,
identifies restaurants in Berkeley that meet healthy eating
requirements and offer specific healthy menu choices. The City of
Berkeley Public Health Division sponsors it with support from Kaiser
Permanente Health Eating Active Living, which aims to address the obesity epidemic through partnerships
that transform communities, including neighborhoods, schools,
workplaces and health care settings, and to improve access to
healthy foods.
What:
Kick-off of Eat
Well Berkeley restaurant program
Who: Mayor Tom Bates; Health Officer Dr. Linda Rudolph, M.D., Dr. Laura
Morgan, MD, Kaiser Permanente, community members, restaurant
operators, and Public Health staff.
When: Tuesday,
October 16 12:30-1 p.m. (program begins
at 12:45)
Where:
Spud's Pizza, the first
Eat Well Berkeley restaurant!
3290 Adeline (at
Alcatraz)
To join the program,
restaurants have to meet 10 health criteria, including:
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Being completely
trans-fat free,
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Offering a kid’s
menu that includes a fruit or vegetable and does not include French
fries or soda,
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Offering a healthy
drink at a equal or lower cost to soda, and
·
Offering at least two
entrees and two appetizers, side dishes or desserts that meet
nutritional standards.
These “Eat Well
Options” will be identified with a special logo on the menu and/or
table tents. Once a restaurant is accepted into the program, they
receive a window decal and are listed on the Public Health Division
website and Eat Well Berkeley brochures.
Restaurants
of all sizes are encouraged to apply. Even if you do not currently
meet the criteria, our dietician help you figure out simple,
affordable changes you can make. Restaurants can download the
application and diners can learn more at www.cityofberkeley.info/eatwellberkeley
or contact Amy Ranger at 981-7710 or eatwell@ci.berkeley.ca.us.
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