The War Department is continuing to pursue six lines of effort to strengthen nutrition readiness for military service members and their families, and the first line of effort involves increasing access to healthy food. The military nutrition environment includes all foods, drinks, and dietary supplements available on military installations and ships, thereby creating the food environment where service members live, work, and train. Improvements to the food environment start with the Military Nutrition Environment Assessment Tool (mNEAT), a standardized War Department web-based app to assess the nutrition environment of military settings. mNEAT scores healthy food policy, availability, and behavioral design across a variety of food service venues. This webinar will describe research efforts to improve the nutrition environment at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as well as outside the continental U.S. (OCONUS) installations. Attend this webinar to learn how nutrition and health promotion experts and leaders can improve the food environment using tools, including mNEAT, to strengthen nutritional readiness for service members and their families.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe how the nutrition environment impacts nutrition security for military service members and their families.
- Illustrate how the Military Nutrition Environment Assessment Tool (mNEAT) can be used by public health professionals, registered dietitians, food service leaders, health promotion specialists, and providers to assess the food environment.
- Identify practical ways to improve the nutrition environment at your installation or workplace.
