Nutrition counseling in the workplace often fails because it tries to do too much at once: dietary overhauls, calorie counting, meal-prep instructions. Nutrition info works differently – small, practical for everyday life, without prohibitions.
What can a weekly tip do better than a nutrition seminar?
A well-placed nutrition tip – as a short poster in the kitchen, a paragraph in the internal newsletter, a short video on the intranet – reaches people at the exact moment food decisions are made: at lunch, when reaching for a snack, while shopping for the next day. No seminar can do that. Providing knowledge in that moment, rather than setting rules, activates self-determination instead of resistance.
Which topics actually land?
Not 'Eat less sugar,' but 'Why does sugar make you tired at 3 p.m.?' Not 'Eat more vegetables,' but 'These five ingredients make a lunch sandwich truly filling.' Concrete, explanatory, without a moralizing tone. The best nutrition info answers a question employees already had – and leaves them feeling smarter for having read it. You will find more measures and how they fit in the field of action Nutrition.
How do you put the measure in place?
- 1Check the current situation: what do the canteen or catering offers look like at present, are there healthy options?
- 2Seek a conversation with the canteen operator or caterer to agree more balanced dishes and water/fruit offers
- 3Ask a nutrition adviser and arrange a date for a cooking workshop
- 4Present the new offers – e.g. a healthier menu line, free fruit, water dispensers
- 5Announce the nutrition advice and cooking workshop and invite people to sign up
- 6Stress that it is about enjoyment and simple everyday tips, not about bans
- 7Anchor healthier options permanently in the range and place them in a clearly visible spot
- 8Hold the cooking workshop and nutrition advice, and offer series of dates
- 9Sprinkle in small prompts – e.g. recipe of the week or a fruit basket in the break room
- 10Collect feedback: are the healthier options accepted, what does the team want?
- 11Evaluate the sales figures of the new dishes with the canteen or caterer
- 12Take successful offers permanently into the range and plan further prompts
What do you need for it?
- Effort
- half a day
- Cost
- with budget
- Setup
- 240 min
- ✓ Daily touchpoint
- ✓ Visible change
- ✓ Team building
Tax and health insurance: what is possible
Employer health benefits can be tax-free under § 3 no. 34 of the German Income Tax Act (EStG) up to €600 per employee per year — if they are provided in addition to the salary already owed and are either certified (§ 20 SGB V) or implemented within the company's health promotion process. Gym memberships and corporate fitness are not covered. For ZPP-certified courses (e.g. from Upfit), German statutory health insurers can reimburse all or part of the course fee to their insured members — then only the amount exceeding that reimbursement is tax-free. Projects within the company can be funded under § 20b SGB V, with no entitlement. Only your tax adviser can confirm the tax exemption.
How it works in EasyWHP
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