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Mailing Address:
U.Va. Human Resources
914 Emmet Street
P.O. Box 400127
Charlottesville, VA
22904
Phone: 434.982.0123
Email: hrdept@virginia.edu
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| Hoo's Fit: Healthy Eating - Snack Smart |
With the UVA Health System’s Snack Smart Healthy Vending Program, snack and beverage items have been grouped by colored stickers according to how nutritious they are.
- Green The healthiest choices!
- Yellow Buy once in a while!
- Red Stop and think! Red items are the least healthy choices. There is a 5¢ surcharge on red items. This extra nickel will help support the UVA Children’s Fitness Clinic.
Most snacks are grouped as follows:
- Green
- Less than 5% saturated fat (% total calories)
- 0-35% total fat (% total calories)
- 0-140 calories
- Yellow
- 5-10% saturated fat (% total calories)
- 36-40% total fat (% total calories)
- 141-200 calories
- Red
- more than 10% saturated fat (% total calories)
- more than 40% total fat (% total calories)
- 201 or more calories
Pretzels are an excellent snack (low in calories and fat). Some brands have more salt, however. Healthier pretzels have fewer than 450 mg of sodium (salt) per serving.
- Green – Fewer than 450 mg sodium
- Yellow – 450 mg or more sodium
Nuts and Seeds are great for you and have healthier fats, called monounsaturated fats. Some types have more saturated, less healthy fat. For that reason, nuts and seeds have been grouped by percent of calories from saturated fat.
- Green – Less than 10% saturated fat
- Yellow – 10-15% saturated fat
- Red - Greater than 10% saturated fat
Beverages
- Green – water, 100% fruit juice, diet beverages
- Yellow – 50-99% fruit juice, sport drinks
- Red – regular soda, tea, lemonade
To learn more about UVA Snack Smart Healthy Vending and eating well, go to the UVa Healthy Vending education displays in the main vending areas of the University Hospital cafeteria and near the West Complex lobby.
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