Increases awareness on the critical link between academic achievement, nutrition and health. Supports policy and
environmental changes that promote healthy eating and physical activity options in the school campus and
surrounding community.
School Board Nutrition Policy Project Resources:
Healthy Food Policy
Resource Guide:
Designed for school board members
and school administrators. Outlines
the link between nutrition, physical
activity and learning; addresses the
nutritional and physical activity status
of our youth; showcases school districts
that are successfully offering healthy
foods and beverages; and provides the
sample school district policies and tools
to create and support a healthy school
environment.
Contact:
Elisa Guichard, M.P.H., R.D.
Public Health Nutritionist
(909) 387-6380
(909) 387-6899 eguichard@dph.sbcounty.gov
Taking the Fizz out of Soda Contracts:
A Guide to Community Action:
Developed to help individuals or
groups of people trying to combat
school district soft drink contracts
Provides resources, fact sheets,
commercial implications of school
soda contracts, and a school soda
report card that can be used to
determine the potential health
impact of soda on a school campus.
Showcases successful or promising
examples of schools taking action on
healthy eating and physical activity.
Agencies and individuals across the
state submit their BRIGHT IDEAS.
The focus is on two specific topic
areas: Strategies that have increased
student access to healthy foods at
school and strategies that have made
it easier for students to be physically
active at school.
