School Board Nutrition Policy Project
Increases awareness on the critical link between academic achieve-ment, 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.
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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.
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Bright Ideas:
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.
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