Links to Student's Health and Nutrition Issues
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LINKS TO STUDENT'S HEALTH AND NUTRITION ISSUES Visit each of the sites listed below. These sites detail suggested development methodologies for wellness policies, nutrition education, and activity recommendations:
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 "A
Parent’s Guide to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity" addresses the
growing number of unhealthy kids in America today. Download the guide
for new ways to improve the health of your students, their families, and
all who act as models of healthy living. The guide also contains healthy
recipes, money-saving shopping tips, ideas for activities, and much
more.A Parent's Guide to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity |
 Calling
all teachers and educators! The
SmallSteps
education program below provides additional resources for integrating
nutrition and activity into curricula. The program was developed in
partnership with Scholastic™. The materials have been designed to
help 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students build Language Arts and Math
skills as they learn about health and fitness. SmallSteps Education Program |
 Eat
Smart. Play Hard. TM is about making America's children
healthier. It's about practical suggestions that will help you motivate
children and their caregivers to eat healthy and be active. Check us out – you will find tools galore for learning activities. Eat Smart. Play Hard.TM |
 Action for Healthy Kids is a resource for ideas to engage students, parents, and the entire community in a collaborative effort to fight against childhood obesity. |
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Cooks for Kids (Series) Cooks for Kids is a series of nine 30-minute training programs from the National Food Service Management Institute that showcases the fact that children should have access to healthy food and be able to make healthy food choices wherever they are - at home, in school, and in the community. Reversing the childhood obesity epidemic is a shared responsibility. It will take the commitment of parents, the foodservice industry, the media, and schools working together to reverse the childhood obesity trend |
