Red Apple Hospitals Promote Healthier Choices in Cleveland County
Cleveland Regional Medical Center and Kings Mountain Hospital earned Red Apple status from North Carolina Prevention Partners for meeting core healthy food guidelines. Cafeterias offer veggie burgers whole grains turkey sausage low-fat muffins and more fruit juice options while emphasizing portion control with redesigned utensils. Karen Gstundtner CRMC notes ongoing implementation of strategies to provide healthier options for staff patients and visitors.
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Health leaders urge healthier habits amid rising obesity and diabetes
The Cleveland County HealthCare System officials push not using tobacco and eating healthier to curb preventable illness. They cite CDC and local stats showing over 60 percent of adults in the county are overweight or obese and Type 2 diabetes rising, with hospitals tobacco free since 2007 and new efforts to provide shelf nutritional information in café offerings.
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