Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County (CCE) began working with school district food service directors (FSDs) several years ago to pursue ways to increase the amount and variety of local produce offered to public school students. With over 900 farms, …
3 Ways Nutrition Influences Student Learning Potential and School Performance
Advocates of child health have experimented with students’ diets in the United States for more than twenty years. Initial studies focused on benefits of improving the health of students are apparent. Likewise, improved nutrition has the potential to positively influence …
Encourage Healthy Eating Behaviors and Promote School Lunches
Students who eat full, balanced meals everyday are more likely to perform better academically and behaviorally.5 Often, the breakfasts and lunches provided by the school are the best way for children to get the nutrition that they need to concentrate …
What is the National School Lunch Program?
Looking for a way to expose students to healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables and whole grains? Concerned about student academic performance? Consider the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)!
The National School Lunch Program provides nutritious and low-cost or …
Healthy Food Choices in Schools Table of Contents
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…Increase Meal Participation with Behavioral Economics Principles
Make Reimbursable Meals Convenient – During the lunch period, place Grab N’Go meals in high traffic areas or near popular hangouts. In other words, bring the food to them!
Make Reimbursable Meals Look Good – Highlight the meal with colorful …
Healthy Food Choices in Schools Community Page
MISSION
To provide educational/informational tools and resources that empower school food service directors and staff, school administrators, teachers, health professionals, and wellness committees to make changes that encourage children to make healthier food selections in …
How to Help Your Child Make Healthy Food Choices
Healthy eating creates healthy children
- Healthy eating is important for strong bones, teeth, muscles and a healthy heart.
- Helping your child make healthy food choices can help them maintain a healthy weight and stay healthy throughout their lives.
- Children
Increase the Number of Students that Select Reimbursable Meals
During a busy lunch period, time is students’ most valuable commodity and they will often grab a snack or skip lunch altogether rather than wait in a long line for a full meal, even when they are hungry! Worse, over …
The Special Milk Program: An Introduction
Background
The Special Milk Program (SMP) was established in 1955 to increase the milk consumption by children in schools and childcare institutions that do not participate in other Federal meal service programs. In 1966, the Special Milk Program was incorporated …