{"id":311548,"date":"2019-11-07T06:06:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T20:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=311548"},"modified":"2019-11-07T06:06:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T20:06:57","slug":"grocers-take-uogs-pledge-to-promote-healthy-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/grocers-take-uogs-pledge-to-promote-healthy-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Grocers take UOG\u2019s pledge to promote healthy foods"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_311549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311549\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Payless-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-311549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Payless-pix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The managers of Pay-Less Markets Inc. show their newly signed 5-2-1-Almost None pledges alongside staff from the University of Guam\u2019s SNAP-Ed program. (UNIVERSITY OF GUAM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Six Guam food retailers have pledged to promote healthy food and physical activity in a total of 13 store locations over the next year by taking the University of Guam\u2019s 5-2-1-Almost None Pledge in October.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign, headed by the University of Guam\u2019s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program \u2013 Education program in collaboration with the Department of Public Health and Social Services, promotes the daily habits of:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 eating\u00a0five\u00a0servings of fruits and vegetables<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 limiting screen time to\u00a0two\u00a0hours or less<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 getting at least\u00a0one\u00a0hour of physical activity, and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 drinking\u00a0almost no\u00a0sugar-sweetened beverages.<\/p>\n<p>The participating businesses\u2014Agat Kimchee Store, Cost-U-Less Express, all Pay-Less Markets, Paulino\u2019s Store, Tutujan Quick Stop, and Yigo Island Pantry\u2014will be displaying 5-2-1-Almost None messages, labeling items as \u201cSmart Snacks\u201d that follow the national nutrition standards for healthy levels of fat, sugar, and sodium, and hosting cooking demonstrations, fruit and vegetable tastings, store tours, and nutrition education.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about SNAP-Ed and the 5-2-1-Almost None campaign, visit,\u00a0http:\/\/cnas-re.uog.edu\/cnep\/. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six Guam food retailers have pledged to promote healthy food and physical activity in a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[445],"class_list":["post-311548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-uog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}