WORLD BURNS INC.

The following listed are World Burns key Goals and Objectives we endeavor to reach through our Health Program.

For more research specific information on our objectives please contact us for our organization's proposal plan.

Goal 1: Improve the quality and length of a life thru healthy eating.

• Increase awareness of food and recipe label reading, enabling people to make better informed choices about the food they consume.

• Increase awareness of appropriate portion sizes.

• Increase consumption of fruits and vegetables (recommended 7– 10 servings a day) and legumes, whole grains and nuts

• Shift fat consumption away from saturated fats to unsaturated fats.

• Improve healthy food choices for children and adolescents at school, after school activities, colleges and recreation facilities.

• Work with schools to enhance health curriculum to address nutrition and increase nutrition awareness with parents.

• Limit the intake of free sugars

• Limit salt (sodium) consumption

• Work with local policymakers to develop and implement guidelines and policies to ensure that foods and beverages available are consistent with existing nutritional guidelines.  Advocate for policy change ( i.e. Promoting bans on the use of Trans Fats and artificial and toxic ingredients.)

Goal 2: Increase lifelong physical education and activity.

• Offer accessible and affordable recreation facilities for physical activity for children and asdults to achieve a healthy weight and balanced energy.

• Increase number of adolescents and adults aware of current physical activity guidelines and recommendations.

• Offer workplaces and employers sponsored wellness programs and workshops at a discounted or subsidized fee.

• Work with schools to enhance health curriculum to devote adequate attention to physical activity and increase physical activity benefits awareness with parents.

• Work with healthcare community, educational, and community partners to raise awareness and improve dissemination of physical activity guidelines and recommendations. 

• Increase the number of healthcare workers who use effective methods to encourage patients to increase physical activity.

• Promote and encourage Active Transportation such as walking, biking and skating/blading.

Goal 3: Increase the awareness of health risks associated with obesity, overweight, physical inactivity and poor nutrition.

• Increase awareness of the costs – personal and financial, related diseases, absenteeism and the socioeconomic and personal factors associated with overweight and obesity.

• Increase awareness that this health epidemic will shorten life spans and add years of chronic illness to all affected.

• Work with healthcare community to increase the proportion of health care providers and institutions with informing people of the health risks associated with overweight and obesity and benefits of healthy eating and active living.

• Foster and develop relationships with local groups/individuals actively engaged with promoting healthy eating and physical activity opportunities across Milwaukee.