Why Hospital Food Fails Your Recovery: The Shocking Truth Behind Those Bland Meals
But it’s the message that’s being sent. “The presence of foods on the [hospital] tray sends a message to patients as to what is healthy and acceptable for them to eat,” responded the researchers who did the hospital foods analysis. “We still can think of no better place or opportunity to set an example of good nutrition than when patients are in hospitals.”
After all, public schools in California, for instance, have banned the sale of sodas for more than a decade. Why not children’s hospitals? In a study of California healthcare facilities serving children, 75 percent of beverages and 81 percent of foods sold in vending machines wouldn’t have been allowed to be sold in schools. We’re talking soda and candy. “Having unhealthy items in health care facilities and seeing staff consume these products…contradicts the nutrition and health messages children often receive from health care providers.”
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