Tools

CDC has searched to find available resources to help you plan, build, promote, and assess your obesity prevention and control program.  Below are some examples for developing your organization's tools. You can customize them to reflect your organization's needs and the needs of your employee population.

Plan

• Budget Template (DOC-112k)
  You can use the sample template to guide you through this step and modify it according to your program needs.
• Business Case PowerPoint Template (PPT-734k) 
  A Business Case PowerPoint can help you present your program to senior management.  You can customize the sample PowerPoint above by providing information specific to your organization.
• Committee Invitation (DOC-28k)
  Invite employees to participate in your organization's planning committee. You can customize the sample committee invitation letter above by providing information specific to your worksite program.
• Committee Checklist (DOC-28k)
  A committee checklist can help you stay organized as you create your program committee.  You can customize the committee checklist above by adding names and information specific to your worksite program.
• Employee Interest Survey*
  An employee interest survey can help you determine what your employees really want and need from your program. You can customize the sample survey above by providing information specific to your worksite program.
• Health Risk Appraisal (HRA)* (PDF-637k)
  A health risk appraisal can help you learn more about your employees' physical activity and nutrition behaviors and develop a program that best meet the needs of your employees. Use this HRA as a template to customize a HRA to meet your employee needs.
• Health Culture and Environmental Audit (PDF-75k)
  A health culture and environmental audit can help you assess your organization's physical work environment and identify how your employees can be more physically active and make more healthy eating choices during the workday.  You can customize the sample audit above to reflect your organization's needs. 
• Mission, Goals, and Objectives (PDF-38.7k)
  Review the mission, goals, and objective examples from Building Healthy Texan's resource guide and begin creating own program's mission, goals and objectives for your organization.
• Sample Correspondence Letter (DOC-25k)  
  A correspondence letter can help you introduce your program and survey participation recruitment.  You can customize the sample correspondence letters above by providing information specific to your worksite program.

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Build

• A Dynamic Incentive Campaign: Step-by-Step: Walking Your Way to Wellness* (PDF-1.55Mb)
  This step-by-step guide will help you design a dynamic incentive campaign at your worksite.
• Activity Action Plan Worksheet (PDF-34.5k)
  An activity action plan worksheet can guide you with the activity you would like to develop.  You can set target dates and identify tasks required to deliver the activity, the individuals who will do the work, and the resources, cost and materials needed to get the job done.  Review the example action plan worksheet above then fill in your own activity action plan in the template provided.
• Audit Tool
  This tool will help you assess the walkability of your workplace.
• How to Develop a Wellness Challenge: Worksite Wellness Challenge Toolkit (PDF-2Mb)
  Provides procedures on how to organize a wellness challenge in your worksite.
• How to Provide Healthy Snacks and Lunch at Meetings (PDF-1.07Mb)
  Washington State Guidelines to Help Energize Your Meetings provides a list of recommended foods and beverages and menu suggestions to enhance access to healthy foods at meeting.
• How to Implement Healthier Options in the Cafeteria and Vending Machines*
  The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Health Promotion in Motion will help you implement healthier options in your worksite's cafeteria and vending machines.
• Simple Steps to Ordering Farm Fresh Produce for your Worksite (PDF-221k)
  Provides information on how to Order Farm Fresh Produce for the Worksite.
• How to Create a Garden Market
  This toolkit provides information on how to establish a garden market in a federal agency or other organization.
• How to Develop a Wellness Challenge: Worksite Wellness Challenge Toolkit (PDF-2Mb)
  Provides procedures on how to organize a wellness challenge in your worksite.
• National Health Observances
  This National Health Observances Web sitecan help you choose a day to plan your workplace activity around.
• Sample Newsletters* (PDF-92k)
  An example of a newsletter for your organization to model.
• Sample E-mail (DOC-25k)
  An introductory e-mail can present your new worksite program to your employees. You can customize the sample e-mail above by providing information specific to your worksite program.

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Promote

• Sample Kickoff Agenda (DOC-36k)
  A Kick-off event can ensure that participants are aware of the program's mission, goals, and objectives.  You can customize the sample kick-off agenda above by providing information specific to your worksite program.

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Assess

• Obesity Cost Calculator Worksheet (DOC-492k)
  This worksheet can help you gather the data you need to enter into the cost calculator application (provide link).  If you do not have data available, the Obesity Cost Calculator provides industry averages to assist you with completing the cost estimates. 

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 Microsoft Word

Description: Microsoft Word is a word processing program used to create and edit text documents. Text in Word documents can be easily modified or copied for use in other applications.
File extensions: .doc, .rtf
Viewing: If you do not already have Word, you can download Word Viewer for free*.

 Microsoft PowerPoint

Description: Microsoft PowerPoint is a program for creating and viewing presentations and slide shows.
File extensions: .ppt
Viewing: If you do not already have PowerPoint, you can download PowerPoint Viewer for free*.