TWO LIMERICK Hospitals were among those recognised for their healthy eating practices at the Irish Heart Foundation’s recent Healthy Eating and Active@Work Awards ceremony recently.
University Maternity Hospital, Limerick and Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, Limerick both received the Gold standard for their Healthy Eating achievements. The ceremony, held in Dublin recently, celebrates how Irish businesses are fighting back against the World Health Organisation’s prediction that by 2030 Ireland will be the most obese nation in Europe by promoting healthy workplace practices among their staff.
Presenting the Awards, Minister of State for Health Promotion Deputy Marcella Kennedy Corcoran, TD said, “I am delighted to present the Irish Heart Foundation Awards for Healthy Eating and Active@Work. Making our workplaces healthier is one of the important elements of our work in my Department under Healthy Ireland.
“We are working on developing a National Framework for Healthy Workplaces across both public and private sectors to encourage and support the creation of health and wellbeing programmes. We aim to support employers to develop individual, practical plans to protect and promote the physical, mental and social wellbeing of their employees.
“We are also developing the Health and Wellbeing (Calorie Posting and Workplace Wellbeing) Bill. The Bill will require all public sector workplaces to have and to report on a healthy workplace policy.”
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