Breakfast is the most important meal of the day but oftentimes breakfast is the meal that gets skipped the most. While sleeping, the human body is in a fasting state without food and breakfast is the meal that breaks the …
Three New Reports from the Tisch Food Center Reveal the State of Nutrition Education in New York, Including an In-depth Study of NYC Schools
EMPOWERED EATERS REPORTS:
Many school-based nutrition education programs receive government funding or support. To fully understand how nutrition education operates in schools, it is helpful to also understand the landscape of public policies and programs that enable schools to increase …
Let's Eat! A Guide to Engaging Students in Smarter Lunchrooms
Let’s Eat! Engaging Students in Smarter Lunchrooms is a guide to involving middle and high school students in making their own decisions towards healthful eating, learning to try new foods, and decreasing food waste in school cafeterias. This webinar discusses …
The Benefits of Monday Family Dinners – How Bringing "Kids Cook Monday" to your School/Community may Lead to Healthier Outcomes
Presented by:
Nara Sandberg, Marketing & Partnerships Coordinator, The Monday Campaigns/The Kids Cook Monday
Cherry Dumaual, PR & Partnerships Director, The Monday Campaigns/The Kids Cook Monday
Through this webinar we will explain The Kids Cook Monday initiative and why it …
Project BreakFAST Webinar: Increasing School Breakfast Participation among High School Students
Breakfast is often considered the most important meal of the day but many teenagers skip it. In this webinar you will learn about the evidenced-based Project breakFAST: Fueling Academics & Strengthening Teens. This research project was a four-year study …
How Monday Family Dinners Can Enhance Learning, Quality Family Time and Lead to Healthier Outcomes
Participants at a recent Kids Cook Monday family cooking night at PS32 in Brooklyn
Parents and families today are tasked with numerous responsibilities: working and/or caring for children full-time, afterschool activities, homework help, birthday parties and taking children to and …
Hip Hop to Health: An Interactive Approach to Health for Preschool Aged Children
Hip Hop to Health Jr. is an evidence-based program created by Marian Fitzgibbon, Dr. Melinda Stolley and revised by Dr. Angela Odoms-Young and Lara Blumstein. This program was funded by the USDA and its objective is to promote healthy eating …
Preordering in School Meal Programs: A Method for Nudging Healthy Food Choices
When students enter the lunch line, they can be overwhelmed with choices and aromas and make impulsive selections in the “heat of the moment.” This is referred to as hot-state decision making (1). While in a hot-state, students are more …
Food Trucks: Increasing Participation in School Lunch Programs
Food trucks, as a delivery method for school meals, have seen a rise in popularity in recent years. While the concept in some districts initially began in an effort to reach food-insecure kids during the summer months, when school was …
Backpack Giving for Healthier Living
In the United States, hunger and food insecurity continue to be a persistent problem – 41.2 million people lived in food-insecure households in 2016, 6.5 million of which were children. Defined as the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate …