{"id":2573,"date":"2019-07-30T20:08:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T20:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tmc.edu\/health-policy\/?page_id=2573"},"modified":"2020-01-16T16:12:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T16:12:52","slug":"o2-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tmc.edu\/health-policy\/programs\/o2-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Eating Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Making Healthy Food Choices a Matter of Policy<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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TMC Healthy Eating Initiatives utilize diet and food-labeling systems to address the Texas Medical Center\u2019s high overweight and obesity (O2) rate. The program was developed following a survey of 780 TMC employees that revealed 78 percent are overweight or obese. All 59 TMC institutions are involved in a two-year program, which has the potential to influence regulations related to food packaging, menu listings, school cafeterias and more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"\n