Resources

 

American Heart Association has provided a variety of scientific statement resources including specific nutrients, behavior modification or disease states.

AHA - 2020 National Goals
AHA - Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations 
AHA - Nonnutritive Sweetener 
AHA - Added Sugar Consumption
AHA - Sodium Reduction
AHA - Childhood Obesity Research Report

AHA - Nutrition Center
My Life Check which is an assessment to determine if someone falls into the category of poor cardiovascular health, intermediate cardiovascular health or ideal cardiovascular health. AHA has identified seven metrics for determining cardiovascular health status, and this assessment gives an overall score, plus an action plan for those areas where someone needs to improve their health in any one particular area.  

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Resources Within FMI

Pharmacy - Nutrition and Lifestyle Education 
FMI provides online education, training programs, and courses for store-level and management associates for preview and purchase.  These offerings are cost-effective and can be conveniently used at any time.

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Eating In
A comprehensive fact based foundation for which retailers can understand

• the needs, priorities, and emotions that drive breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• the seven dinner occasions and the motivations behind them
• specific business-building opportunities around key insights
• step-by-step instructions for building a strategic focus on meal solutions
• making estimates of the incremental business available across breakfast, lunch, and dinner makes it possible for retailers to set realistic priorities and targets. 

Note: FMI member log in is needed to see this resource. 

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Helping Shoppers Make Healthful Choices through Simple Substitutes 

Catalina investigates how to motivate shoppers to make healthful choices when they can be coupon driven, unsure about how lower calorie, lower fat and lower sodium options will taste, yet still aware of how small changes can be a big impact. Their answer is in their new campaign "Simple Substitutes." 


Note: FMI member log in is needed to see this resource. 

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Helping Shoppers Overcome the Barriers to Choosing Healthful Foods 

Catalina has produced a quantitative shopper research designed to uncover what shoppers really want and how to design programs or services that best align with their needs. The research quantifies the hurdles that make it difficult for many to consume healthy meals, and measures shopper interest in a wide range of services supermarkets might provide to help customers overcome these hurdles to healthful eating. 

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