Heart-Healthy Eating Challenge

For employers who want a four-week challenge that builds heart-healthy eating habits without strict rules.

Format
Live online or in person
Length
30 minutes to full day
Topic
Wellbeing & Health

About this session

A four-week challenge that builds heart-healthy eating habits without strict rules or food judgment.

Each week has one session: building a balanced plate, reading food labels, a practical no-cook food demonstration with tasting, and a closing session on what to keep.

Between sessions, participants try ideas in real situations such as rushed mornings, desk lunches, travel, shift work and limited food options.

What your people take away

  • Build balanced meals from familiar foods
  • Read food labels with more confidence
  • Pick up practical ideas for busy working days
  • Reflect on progress each week without food judgment
  • Leave with a plan to keep going

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  • What each length covers, 30 minutes to full day
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What each length covers

30 minutes

30 Minutes — Key Points: Building a heart-healthy plate

A focused 30-minute session on the essentials of Building a heart-healthy plate: balanced meals, improve what you eat now and real-life context.

  • Balanced meals
  • Improve what you eat now
  • Real-life context

Covers Building a heart-healthy plate, in brief.

60 minutes

60 Minutes — Building a heart-healthy plate

Participants learn how to build a balanced plate from familiar foods.

  • Building a heart-healthy plate
  • Live Q&A

Covers 1 of 4 parts: Building a heart-healthy plate.

90 minutes

90 Minutes — Reading food labels with confidence

Builds on the 60-minute session. Participants also practice comparing food labels.

  • Building a heart-healthy plate
  • Reading food labels with confidence
  • Live Q&A

Covers 2 of 4 parts: Building a heart-healthy plate and Reading food labels with confidence.

3 hours

3 Hours — Heart-healthy food demonstration

Builds on the 90-minute session. Participants also watch a no-cook food demonstration and taste the results.

  • Building a heart-healthy plate
  • Reading food labels with confidence
  • Heart-healthy food demonstration
  • Live Q&A

Covers 3 of 4 parts: Building a heart-healthy plate, Reading food labels with confidence and Heart-healthy food demonstration.

Full day

Full Day — The Complete Four-Week Challenge

All four sessions, with weekly reflection between them and a closing plan for continuing after the challenge.

  • Building a heart-healthy plate
  • Reading food labels with confidence
  • Heart-healthy food demonstration
  • Review, adapt and continue
  • Live Q&A

Covers all 4 parts.

What’s covered

Building a heart-healthy plate

Every length
  • Balanced mealsParticipants explore how vegetables, fruit, whole grains, pulses, protein and fats work together.
  • Improve what you eat nowThe group compares familiar breakfasts, lunches and dinners and finds simple ways to improve balance.
  • Real-life contextPortions, food traditions and convenience foods are discussed in context.

Reading food labels with confidence

90 minutes and longer
  • What to compareParticipants compare serving sizes, ingredients, salt, saturated fat, fiber and front-of-pack claims.
  • Why labels confuseThe facilitator shows how serving sizes can distort comparisons.
  • The whole foodThe group learns not to judge a food on one nutrient alone.

Heart-healthy food demonstration

3 hours and longer
  • Watch and learnA Workbliss food expert prepares practical meals or snacks with no cooking, explaining balance, flavor and swaps.
  • Ask and compareParticipants ask questions and compare options.
  • TasteTasting portions are served where included.

Review, adapt and continue

Full day only
  • What workedParticipants review what they tried and what fitted their schedules, budgets and tastes.
  • When routines changeThe group plans for busy periods, travel, social events and limited prep time.
  • Next stepEach person leaves with one manageable next step.
Live Q&ATime for your people’s questions, answered by the expert.
60 minutes and longer

Tools and materials

  • Balanced plate guide
  • Label comparison examples
  • Weekly reflection prompts
  • Continuation plan

Who it’s for

  • Heart-health and nutrition campaigns
  • Teams who like a shared challenge
  • Shift and desk-based workforces

How booking works

  1. Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
  2. Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later.
  3. Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
  4. We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.

Questions about Heart-Healthy Eating Challenge

How long is Heart-Healthy Eating Challenge?

Heart-Healthy Eating Challenge runs as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours or full day. You choose the length when you book. A 30-minute session covers the essentials of Building a heart-healthy plate: balanced meals, improve what you eat now and real-life context. A 60-minute session covers Building a heart-healthy plate in full, with a live Q&A. A 90-minute session adds Reading food labels with confidence. A 3-hour session adds Heart-healthy food demonstration. A full-day session adds Review, adapt and continue.

Can Heart-Healthy Eating Challenge be delivered online or in person?

Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.

How do we book Heart-Healthy Eating Challenge?

Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open Heart-Healthy Eating Challenge to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later.

Who leads the session?

A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.

Can it be tailored to our company?

Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.