Eating Healthy
New York City has healthy bodegas, healthy supermarkets, farmers markets and green carts as well as nutrition education in schools and child care settings to help you eat well. Learning about healthy workplaces and sugary drinks empowers you to make better choices day to day. And programs like Shape Up, Be Fit and Bicycling in New York City are good fun and good for your health.
See our new Portions Have Grown—Cut Your Risk Campaign. Learn about how the current super-sized portions can affect your health.
Many of us consume too much sugar,
without reailizing it. Sugar in sweetened drinks contains extra calories you don't need and those extra calories can lead to obesity and diabetes.
The Healthy Bodegas Initiative can help you work with local stores to increase healthy offerings, like fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain bread, low-fat milk, etc.
A Green Cart can only sell raw fruits and vegetables such as whole carrots, bananas, apples and berries. Find one to visit near home or work.
The Health Department works with supermarkets in high-need areas across the city to improve access to affordable, high-quality fruits and vegetables and more.
The Healthy Workplaces Initiative helps businesses promote healthy eating in the workplace, including guidance for what to supply at meetings and in vending machines.
The Healthy High Schools Initiative works with high schools to implement healthy food and non-food fundraisers and other events.
"Shape Up New York"™ is a FREE family fitness program offered at parks sites, community centers and housing sites
around New York City.
