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Implementation of Traffic Light System on food sold at Brockfield House Medium secure unit to help improve healthy food options

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

N. Agunwamba ,
D. Ho  and
M. Duffy
N. Agunwamba*
Affiliation:
Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust, Forensic Psychiatry, Runwell Wickford Essex, United Kingdom
D. Ho
Affiliation:
Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust, Forensic Psychiatry, Runwell Wickford Essex, United Kingdom
M. Duffy
Affiliation:
Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust, Forensic Psychiatry, Runwell Wickford Essex, United Kingdom
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Public Health England published a report in 2017 on Obesity in Secure Mental Health units. A key finding was that not only is obesity and overweight more prevalenr in the population detained within mental health secure units (reported rates of up to 80%) than in the general population (around 60%), patients appear to be more at risk of weight gain when they are detained.

Objectives

1.To implement a traffic light system on food and confectionaries sold at the shop at a Medium secure hospital. 2. Provide healthier food options at the shop by using traffic light system as a visual aid 3. To achieve weight reduction and promote healthy life style choices in patients admitted to our medium secure Forensic unit

Methods

1.Buying a new till system which is able to quantify what type of food is sold 2.Labelling food sold using traffic light system 3. Calculate the types of food sold following a three- month period after implementation.

Results

/Intended Outcome Traffic light system provides a visual aid to patients in choosing healthier food Patients in our medium secure unit achieve a reduction in their weight Traffic light system can be replicated/ adopted by other secure hospitals

Conclusions

The purpose of this research is to implement a traffic light system on food sold at a shop in our medium secure unit and that this will help improve food choices in the unit.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Secure Servicesforensic psychiatrylifestyle choicesobesity
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S603
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