A Student Nutrition Action Committee (SNAC) gives students who are interested in promoting healthy habits the opportunity to work within the school to improve eating habits. Students who participate in SNAC can educate their classmates about proper nutrition and work …
Popular Ideas for Student Nutrition Action Committee Events and Fundraisers
A Student Nutrition Action Committee (SNAC) is a great way for you to make your schools healthier by influencing students to make healthier food choices in and outside of school. Spread healthy nutrition messages by hosting or participating in events …
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 …
Building in Choices for Kids in Lyons, NY
Over the years, food service personnel in Lyons Central School District (LCSD), located in Wayne County, NY, have worked very hard to make sure the cafeterias are places where children have access to healthy food. New USDA meal regulations coupled …
Perform Your Own “Smarter Lunchroom Makeover”: The Simple, Low-Cost Changes That Can Improve Students’ Lunch Selections
Getting students to actually select and eat the healthy options offered during lunch may seem like a daunting task, but the mere layout of a lunchroom can nudge students towards healthy choices.
The secret lies in the ability to influence …
Top 10 Tips for Working with Your Local Extension on Nutrition Education
Cooperative Extension (also called Agricultural Extension) is a nationwide resource that brings research-based, practical information and classes to the public. There are Extension offices in every state and territory. Here are some ways Extension can help you.
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Seek Parental Involvement in Smarter Lunchrooms Movement Initiatives
Children’s food preferences are influenced by their parents and families from their very first bites. Whether Mom or Dad is a gourmet chef or the family prefers eating out, children’s eating habits are closely tied to those of their parents. …
The Conundrum of Competitive Foods: 3 Ways to Maintain Revenue and Promote Healthier Options
Food service directors have a tall order to fulfill: they must ensure the hundreds, or even thousands, of students they feed receive meals meeting specific nutrition standards, maintain participation in the school lunch program as well as promote healthier food …
Generating Buy-In From School Administration Officials
While most members of the school community are generally in favor of changes that can improve the school environment for students, one of the challenges that sometimes crops up when a Smarter Lunchroom Makeover is proposed is resistance from the …
Get the Word Out: Write a Press Release
Objective: To inform a public news medium of a completed or ongoing project, particularly successes.
Press releases are short (under a page) and factual. The intention is to give enough information to interest the media while keeping it short enough …