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The Just Ask Us! Program

The goal of the Just Ask Us! program is to empower consumers to make healthier food selections when dining out at local restaurants. Participating restaurants highlight healthier food selections from their menus and allow you to substitute for healthier choices. When dining out, look for the Just Ask Us! logo or heart sticker and take a Step to a Healthier New You.

For a full list of participating restaurants click here

A red heart found on specific menu items denotes a healthier choice, which means that the menu item has been prepared using a healthier style of cooking such as baked, broiled, grilled or steamed.  All the menu items that have been designated as healthier choices as part of the Just Ask Us! program can be found on the Menu on the Run website in the healthier choices tab for each participating restaurant.

Did You Know?

A typical 20oz soda has 4.5 tablespoons of sugar. That's 230 calories! Seltzer, sparkling water and sugar free ice teas are naturally calorie free. Try it with a twist of lemon. There are approximately 950 restaurants in Rockland County. Ordering a salad or broth-based soup before a meal can help make you feel full and consume less calories.

Healthy Dining and Children

More and more Rockland county families are eating meals outside their homes.  Children’s menus typically offer little variety, are calorie rich and low in nutrients..  A small order of french fries and fried chicken nuggets contains approximately 450 calories and 3 teaspoons of salt, with little nutritional value; not the best choice for growing children.

In response to many resident requests about healthier menu items for children, several restaurants are offering a new kid’s menu. These complete meals are tasty and fun and offer parents worry free dining. 

Click here  for a list of restaurants offering a new kid’s menu with healthier selections as part of the Just Ask Us! program.

Steps to a Healthier Rockland County is a community and school-based chronic disease prevention initiative. The initiative focuses on helping residents live longer, healthier, better lives by making sustainable policy, environmental and systems changes within the existing infrastructure of a community that will lead to increased physical activity, improved nutrition, and reduction in tobacco use and exposure.

For more information about the variety of unique programs and services that Steps to a Healthier Rockland County can offer residents, employers and employees, and students in Rockland please visit www.rocklandsteps.org

Disclaimers

Participation in the Just Ask Us! program does not reflect the facility's standing with the enforcement section of the Department of Health

This publication is supported by the Steps to a HealthierUS Cooperative Agreement Program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Its contents do not necessarily represent the official view of HHS.