2022 NC SHIP Report

What Could Work to Turn the Curve*

2022-2023 Priorities

(Identified by Work Group)

2023-2024 Priorities

(Identified by Work Group)

2024-2025 Priorities  

(Identified by Work Group)

• Establish healthy food procurement policies that support public and private investment in healthy food, and increase availability of healthy alternatives to sugary drinks
• Implement a sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) tax with revenues to address equity issues
• Integrate “Rethink Your Drink” Division of Child Development Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program Education toolkit into school curricula, promoting water as healthy alternative to sweetened beverages
• Limit “default beverage” options for children’s meals in restaurant and educational settings to include only milk, 100% fruit juice, or water
• Recommend NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) adopt a statewide policy permitting students to bring water bottles to school (containing only water)
• Work with clinicians, medical practices, and insurance providers to add SSB screening questions to patients’ electronic health records

• Integrate “Rethink Your Drink” toolkit into school curricula, promoting water as a healthy alternative to sweetened beverages
• Establish healthy food procurement policies that support public and private investment in healthy food, and increase availability of healthy alternatives to sugary drinks
• Recommend NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) adopt a statewide policy permitting students to bring water bottles to school (containing only water)
• Ensure access to safe and clean water in schools at water-filling stations that have been tested for safety
• Limit “default beverage” options for children’s meals at food venues to include only milk, 100% fruit juice, or water
• Implement healthy choice beverage in vending machines at schools and parks

• Integrate “Rethink Your Drink” toolkit into school curricula, promoting water as a healthy alternative to sweetened beverages.
• Promote healthy procurement policies to support public and private investment to increase the availability of healthy alternatives to sugary drinks and limit “default beverage” options for all meals served to people of all ages at food venues to include only milk, 100% fruit juice, or water.
• Ensure access to safe and clean water in schools at water-filling stations that have been tested for safety.
• Implement healthy choice beverage in vending machines at schools, community colleges, universities, and parks.

• Integrate “Rethink Your Drink” toolkit into school curricula, promoting water as a healthy alternative to sweetened beverages .
• Promote healthy procurement policies to support public and private investment to increase the availability of healthy alternatives to sugary drinks and limit “default beverage” options for all meals served to people of all ages at food venues to include only milk, 100% fruit juice, or water.   
• Ensure access to safe and clean water in schools at water-filling stations that have been tested for safety.   
•  Implement healthy choice beverage in vending machines at schools, community colleges, universities, and parks.  
• Build collaborations/partnerships with nutrition education providers and oral health.