“I’m soooo hungry,” whines the child at your side. Most adults will reach for a snack (preferably a healthy one) to satiate the child, but is that child really hungry? Oftentimes children say they are hungry because they are thirsty, …
Healthy Fundraising: How to Fundraise While Promoting Health
Investing. Fundraising. Donations. Gifts. These are all words that come to mind when we look at ways to increase the financial pools that we can draw on for programming or causes. Many schools hold various fundraisers throughout the year …
Nudges using Inexpensive Toys and Stickers Proven Effective in Promoting Selection and Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables (F/V) in Elementary School Lunchrooms
Increasing selection and consumption of healthy foods among children has proven challenging to improve in schools. Children often do not select these items as they may be perceived as “boring” or not visually appealing. To encourage healthy eating, the National …
Get to Know Your Salad Bar!
Student Nutrition Advisors from Adam Elementary School in Santa Maria, California offering peer-to-peer encouragement and advice on how to get the most of the school salad bar!
Contributor
Shannon Klisch, CalFresh, University of California Extension San Luis Obispo County
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Teacher Tips for Healthier Classroom Celebrations
Welcome back to school! Teachers all over are meeting new students, putting the finishing touches on their classrooms, and making schedules and lessons plans. Because teachers are remarkable in every way, they are also trying to improve the health of …
Practice Smart Snacking in the Classroom
Much of the work of the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs (BEN Center) focuses on designing environments where individuals are more likely to make healthy food choices. Their program, the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement, focuses on the …
Big Idea: Non-Monetary Incentives can be used to improve food choices in after-school programs in grades 1-8
Useful for:
After-school program coordinators, school administrators, teachers
Why is it Important?
Incentives have been used in other contexts to ‘nudge’ people to make better decisions, while preserving the choice. For example – incentives have worked in encouraging adults to …
Guiding Healthier Choices in Schools: The Case of Choice Architecture vs. Choice Restrictions
Recall your childhood, or even think back to recent interactions with your child or children. When they need to go to bed, how do you phrase it? Do you say, “Johnny, it’s 7:30 so you need to stop what you …
Decisions, Decisions: Behavioral Economics in the Lunchroom
Cornell University’s Smarter Lunchrooms Movement works to apply principles from behavioral economics to school lunchroom environments. Because individuals, including students, are influenced by their surroundings, behavioral theory can be applied to encourage healthier behaviors even in school lunchrooms.
Research in
Satisfying Snacks versus Empty-Calorie Cravings: Study shows that kids can fill up on fewer calories when eating healthy, beneficial snacks compared to nutrition-less junk foods
Kids love to snack, whether at home watching television or in the lunchroom with friends—but the type of snack they have can make an enormous difference in how many calories they actually eat! The new USDA nutrition standards have helped …