Download or read book Improving School Food Environments Through District level Policies written by Sarah-Ellan Samuels and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving School Food Environments Through District Level Policies written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last three decades the obesity rate among America's children has risen dramatically, and a major culprit is poor nutrition. Unfortunately, the places that should teach our children healthy eating habits and provide them with healthy foods-their schools-are all too frequently doing just the opposite. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the California Endowment funded a series of case studies that offer valuable insight into what school districts are doing to enact system-wide nutrition policies, policies that provide young people with healthy, nutritious and appealing alternatives to the ubiquitous junk food diet. This report documents the experience of six California school districts as they developed and implemented policies aimed at reducing the availability of unhealthy foods on campus. Six unified school districts participated in the case studies: San Francisco, Capistrano, Eureka City, Hemet, Los Angeles and Oakland. The studies, conducted in 2004, required analysis of the individual policies adopted, site visits to 23 high schools and middle schools to assess their food and beverage environments, and surveys of all involved in the process. Collectively, the results offer new insights into the various strategies schools have pursued to restrict sales of unhealthy foods and how the experience can inform future efforts elsewhere. The experience in California shows that support can be rapidly mobilized for policies that lead to a reduction, if not the immediate elimination of, unhealthy foods in the school environment. Although evicting sodas, French fries and candy bars from the school campus alone won't solve the childhood obesity epidemic; improving the school nutrition environment is one way our communities can start building the momentum for changing the cultural forces that are at the root of the obesity epidemic.
Download or read book Legal guide on school food and nutrition written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A solid international consensus has emerged on the importance of nutrition for children’s development and well-being. At the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), the Member States of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) committed to developing policies, programmes and initiatives to ensure healthy diets throughout the children’s life cycle, emphasizing the potential of schools as platforms for integrated action. This Guide promotes a holistic and human rights-based approach to school food and nutrition, in which legislation is an indispensable tool to ensure the sustainability of public policy goals set by a country. In light of international law and standards, it provides practical information and guidance to develop or strengthen national legislation to improve food security and nutrition in schools as well as community development. The Guide presents a range of regulatory options and legislative examples of state practice that may contribute to building sound and coherent legal frameworks for school food and nutrition. It is a useful resource for law practitioners, policymakers, parliamentarians, and all actors who are involved in the design, implementation, or monitoring of school programmes and policies and most particularly, for those interested in taking legislative action (law-making or law reform).
Download or read book School Food written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children in the U.S. spend a significant amount of time in school in what should be a nourishing environment for their minds and bodies. The school environment--its physical, social, and educational surroundings--lays a crucial role in establishing students' life-long habits, beliefs, and attitudes on important issues, including their health. Childhood obesity, with its many related diseases--among them type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and asthma--is one of the most serious health concerns facing children today. Many still believe that obesity is the result of individuals' lack of willpower, or in the case of children, the lack of proper oversight by parents. But public health experts consider it to be the result of living in "toxic" environments in which foods with little or no nutrition are more accessible, affordable, and more heavily marketed, than are foods which would promote health. Therefore, to reduce the prevalence of obesity, the food environments in which children live, learn, and play must be improved. This includes the school food environment. This brief focuses on what can be done, through policy, to create the optimal school food environment in which only nutritious food would be sold or served to children.
Download or read book Nutrition action in schools written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative (NFSI) was developed in 2006 to provide a framework for ensuring integrated school-based programmes which address the double burden of nutrition-related ill health and to become the nutrition module of the Health Promoting Schools. The NFSI has since been used around the world, including as a self-appraisal tool for schools in 18 countries, in national NFSI programmes and as part of academic research and evaluation projects. The NFSI Framework outlines 26 essential criteria within five broad components: 1. school nutrition policies, 2. awareness and capacity building of the school community, 3. nutrition and health promoting curricula, 4. supportive school environment for good nutrition, and 5. supportive school nutrition and health services. This review summarizes the synthesized evidence from 117 reviews identified as relating to the five components and the 26 essential criteria of the NFSI. The findings may be used — in conjunction with existing UN and WHO guidance and tools — to inform the work of governments, policy-makers and researchers concerned with school-based health and nutrition promotion programmes and initiatives.
Download or read book Implementing school food and nutrition policies written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schools play an important role in promoting healthy diets and good nutrition and can create an enabling environment for children. However, the school food environment is often not conducive to a healthy diet. To address this challenge, and to support Member States in implementing policy measures, as recommended by the Framework for Action from the 2014 Second International Conference on Nutrition, the World Health Organization (WHO) is in the process of developing evidence-informed policy guidelines on the food environment, including school food and nutrition interventions and policies with a focus on five interventions and policies that influence the school food environment. These five include nutrition standards or rules, direct food provision, marketing restrictions, nudging interventions and pricing policies. This review on contextual factors to be considered in the implementation of school food and nutrition policies was prepared as part of the required process for WHO guideline development.
Download or read book Strategies for Creating Supportive School Nutrition Environments written by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHHS/PHS) and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good nutrition is vital to optimal health. The school environment plays a fundamental role in shaping lifelong healthy behaviors and can have a powerful influence on students' eating habits. A supportive school nutrition environment includes multiple elements: access to healthy and appealing foods and beverages available to students in school meals, vending machines, school stores, ̉la carte lines in the cafeteria, fundraisers, and classroom parties; consistent messages about food and healthy eating; and the opportunities students have to learn about healthy eating. Improving the school nutrition environment has the potential to improve students' physical health and academic achievement. The "Child Nutrition" and "WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004", and more recently the "Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010", required that school districts have a wellness policy that includes nutrition guidelines for all foods and beverages available during the school day, as well as goals for nutrition promotion and nutrition education. School districts nationwide have taken a variety of steps to create supportive nutrition environments through policy change. This brief highlights areas where policy opportunities exist, as well as areas where policies are well-established relative to the following topics: 1) nutrition standards for competitive foods and beverages (i.e., items sold or served outside the school meal programs); 2) marketing and promotion of foods and beverages at school; 3) access to free drinking water; 4) nutrition education for students; 5) Farm to School programs and school gardens; 6) nutrition-related training for school personnel; and 7) strategies to increase participation in school meals. This brief also summarizes the range of policy actions taken by public school districts from a nationally representative sample of district wellness policies from the 2011-2012 school year, from the Bridging the Gap (BTG) study. All policies were collected and coded by BTG researchers using a standardized method based on evidence-based guidelines and recommendations from expert organizations and agencies. Complete details about how these data were collected and compiled are available in the companion methods documentation (see ED546842).
Download or read book School Food Environments and Policies in US Public Schools written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to describe school food environments and policies in US public schools and how they vary according to school characteristics. METHODS. We analyzed cross-sectional data from the third School Nutrition and Dietary Assessment study by using a nationally representative sample of 395 US public schools in 129 school districts in 38 states. These 2005 data included school reports of foods and beverages offered in the National School Lunch Program and on-site observations, in a subsample of schools, of competitive foods and beverages (those sold in vending machines and a la carte and that are not part of the National School Lunch Program). Seventeen factors were used to characterize school lunches, competitive foods, and other food-related policies and practices. These factors were used to compute the food environment summary score (0 [least healthy] to 17 [most healthy]) of each school. RESULTS. There were vending machines in 17%, 82%, and 97% of elementary, middle, and high schools, respectively, and a la carte items were sold in 71%, 92%, and 93% of schools, respectively. Among secondary schools with vending and a la carte sales, these sources were free of low-nutrient energy-dense foods or beverages in 15% and 21% of middle and high schools, respectively. The food environment summary score was significantly higher (healthier) in the lower grade levels. The summary score was not associated with the percentage of students that was certified for free or reduced-price lunches or the percentage of students that was a racial/ethnic minority. CONCLUSIONS. As children move to higher grade levels, their school food environments become less healthy. The great majority of US secondary schools sell items a la carte in the cafeteria and through vending machines, and these 2 sources often contain low-nutrient, energy-dense foods and beverages, commonly referred to as junk food.
Download or read book Evaluating and Comparing Food Enviornment Policies and Resources in U S and Mexico School Neighborhoods written by Erica Gabrielle Soltero and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schools are important environments for health as children spend a majority of their day at school. The increased availability of food resources in school neighborhoods is a growing concern, yet the school neighborhood food environment is understudied. Food environment policies can regulate the development of food resources potentially limiting exposure to unhealthy food resources and promoting access to healthy food resources. However, evaluation of food environment policies in the U.S. and Mexico has been poor, limiting our knowledge of these policies. Cross-country policy comparisons can further increase our knowledge and understanding of food environment policies, yet few cross-country policy comparisons have been conducted. The aims of this study were to evaluate and compare food environment policies in school neighborhoods in Houston, Texas and Guadalajara while simultaneously assessing the food environment in school neighborhoods in both cities. Food environment policies were collected at the county level in four Houston and four Guadalajara counties and coded to determine the food resource types, zoning districts, and provisions allowed in each policy. The school neighborhood food environment was assessed in 16 Houston school neighborhoods and 11 Guadalajara school neighborhoods using the Goods and Services Inventory. Most Houston food environment policies (N=25) allowed for the development of unhealthy food resources, yet few food resources were found in Houston school neighborhoods (M=3.0, SD=9.3). However, the food resources that were found in Houston school neighborhoods were table-service restaurants and convenience stores, which have been negatively associated with diet and weight in children. Few Houston food environment policies promoted the development of healthy food resources, which may explain the lack of supermarkets and grocery stores in all but one Houston school neighborhood. Guadalajara food environment policies (N=41) also allowed for the development of unhealthy food resources, yet Guadalajara had more policies that also promoted the development of healthy food resources compared to Houston. Guadalajara school neighborhoods were saturated with food resources (M=64.4, SD=13.4). While every Guadalajara school neighborhood had at least one supermarket or grocery store, there was high availability of convenience stores, table-service restaurants, and food carts, which were more prevalent in low-socioeconomic neighborhoods. Only one policy in Guadalajara prohibited convenience stores from developing near schools. The lack of food environment policies that specifically addressed schools was a major policy gap in both cities. These findings suggest that food environment policies in Houston should be modified to promote more development of healthy food resources and food environment policies in Guadalajara should be modified to limit the availability of unhealthy resources in school neighborhoods. In order to promote healthy dietary habits in children, the policy and food environment in school neighborhoods must become more supportive of healthy dietary habits.
Download or read book Improving School Lunch in Communities of Color a Case Study of Promising Middle School Food Practices written by Eddy Andres Jara and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nutrition Promotion written by Tony Worsley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-25 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Affluenza in developed societies is damaging our health, leading to increasing rates of obesity, diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Growth in individual food consumption is also threatening ecological sustainability. More than ever before, dieticians, nutritionists, and other health professionals need to promote healthy eating to the general public. Nutrition Promotion sets nutrition education firmly in a public health context, showing that nutrition promotion is most effective when targeted to particular population groups. Tony Worsley presents the history, theory and methods of nutrition promotion, and provides practical applications in a variety of settings and age groups. Drawing on international theory and research, and with international case studies and examples, Nutrition Promotion is an essential text for students and professionals in nutrition studies and dietetics, health promotion and public health programs. 'Finally we have a book on nutrition promotion from a public health perspective that integrates food systems, theoretical health behavior change models, evaluation methods, applications across settings and sectors, and provides practical examples from different countries.' - Professor Mary Story, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota 'A timely and considered book. It follows in that great tradition of public health nutrition by providing a basis for analysis, but takes it a step further by helping the reader make the transition to action.' - Martin Caraher, Reader in Food and Health Policy, City University London
Download or read book Managing and Preventing Obesity written by Timothy Gill and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obesity is an increasing problem on a global scale, and strategies for its prevention involve experts from many disciplines including nutritionists, physicians, policy-makers and public health professionals. This book covers the latest advances in obesity development, management and prevention with specific focus on dietary interventions. Part one covers the development of obesity and key drivers for its continuation and increase. Part two looks at the role of specific dietary components in obesity management, and part three discusses the role of behavioural factors such as eating patterns in managing and preventing obesity. Part four focuses on structured dietary interventions for obesity treatment, and part five looks at public interventions and consumer issues. Reviews how different foods and diets can affect obesity management Examines various ways of preventing and treating obesity Explores how governments and industries are preventing and treating obesity
Download or read book Food Fight National Policy Local Dynamics and the Consequences for School Food in the U S written by Helena Carrillo Lyson and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract Food Fight! National Policy, Local Dynamics, and the Consequences for School Food in the U.S. by Helena Carrillo Lyson Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology University of California, Berkeley Professor Laura Enríquez, Chair Skyrocketing childhood obesity rates in the U.S. have helped fuel mounting public concern about the health and well-being of America's children. Efforts to address childhood obesity have increasingly targeted improvements to federal school food programs. Such programs provide critical nutrition to hundreds of thousands of children, including many low-income, minority youth who have been disproportionately affected by obesity. In particular, the landmark 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) marked the first substantial changes to federal school food policy in recent years, including stricter nutritional requirements for all foods served in schools. In addition, a growing, grassroots farm to school (FTS) movement, which seeks to improve student access to and consumption of fresh, healthy foods, has taken hold in cafeterias throughout the country. It is against this backdrop of dramatic changes to federal policy and widespread school food reform efforts that this dissertation explores how both top-down federal policies and bottom-up, local dynamics have affected the nature and quality of school food programs at both national and local levels. More specifically, this mixed methods project 1) quantitatively examines the effects of federal legislation and state-level sociopolitical factors on school food environments across the country as measured by the prevalence of FTS programs; and 2) qualitatively explores how local-level school food program implementation dynamics affect the outcomes of these programs in two case study school districts in California. Based on a variety of data sources, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture's inaugural Farm to School Census, the quantitative analysis tests key hypotheses from the policy diffusion literature related to the impact of federal policy and state-level sociopolitical arrangements on the prevalence of FTS programs across the states. My results highlight inequities in state-level implementation of school food programs based on economic affluence, underscoring the need for increased federal funding to poorer states in order to subsidize the cost of FTS programming. The qualitative component of the project draws on 15 months of interview-based and participatory fieldwork in two large urban school districts resulting in a deep understanding of the nuances of local school food program dynamics and outcomes. Building on theories of neoliberalism and privatization from political and economic sociology, and extending sociological theories of social movement activism, I find that opposing operational structures of federal school food programs - privatized vs. self-operation - play a key role in setting local-level priorities for the meal programs on the ground. In particular, privatization effectively discourages schools from exploring the sourcing of fresh foods from small, local farmers and constrains grassroots FTS efforts. Self-operation, on the other hand, in conjunction with parent-activists, a motivated nutrition services director, and community support lends itself toward responsiveness to bottom-up social change efforts that can make school food reform a reality. By combining quantitative analysis of school food programs on a national scale with qualitative analysis of programs in case study school districts, my research sheds important light on the myriad factors that determine the nature and quality of federal nutrition programs on the ground, and what changes are needed to create healthier and more equitable school food environments throughout the country. In doing so, my findings contribute to critical policy discussions surrounding federal school food programs and childhood health.
Download or read book Sustainable healthy diets written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering the detrimental environmental impact of current food systems, and the concerns raised about their sustainability, there is an urgent need to promote diets that are healthy and have low environmental impacts. These diets also need to be socio-culturally acceptable and economically accessible for all. Acknowledging the existence of diverging views on the concepts of sustainable diets and healthy diets, countries have requested guidance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on what constitutes sustainable healthy diets. These guiding principles take a holistic approach to diets; they consider international nutrition recommendations; the environmental cost of food production and consumption; and the adaptability to local social, cultural and economic contexts. This publication aims to support the efforts of countries as they work to transform food systems to deliver on sustainable healthy diets, contributing to the achievement of the SDGs at country level, especially Goals 1 (No Poverty), 2 (Zero Hunger), 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality) and 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and 13 (Climate Action).
Download or read book Improving Child Nutrition Policy written by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book School meal programs competitive foods are widely available and generate substantial revenues for schools report to congressional requesters written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing the existing evidence base on school food and nutrition policies written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents the outcomes of a scoping review conducted to identify and map existing evidence on the effects of school food and nutrition policies on health-related outcomes in children of school age as part of the initial preparation for undertaking the guideline development process by the WHO Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) Subgroup on Policy Actions. In order to align with WHO’s Nutrition-friendly Schools Initiative (NFSI) framework, school-based food and nutrition interventions were assessed in terms of the impacts in four key policy areas, namely – the school community, the school curriculum, the school food and nutrition environment, and school nutrition and health services.
