Elementary School Toolkit: Promoting Vegetables, Fruit and Water
This toolkit by Middlesex-London Public Health Unit provides educators and parents with strategies to increase vegetables, fruit and water consumption among school-aged children. Strategies target multiple levels of influence including students’ and parents’ attitudes and knowledge, classroom and school level social and physical environments as well as school policies (This Toolkit was created in March of 2017 and updated Summer 2019).
Resource Information
Date
March 17, 2017
Type
Toolkit
Setting
Home, School
Age
Children (4-11)
Topic
Childhood Nutrition, Chronic Disease Prevention, Food Environment, Food Literacy, Food Marketing, Food Systems & Local Food, Healthy Eating, Nutrients, Physical Activity, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages or Energy Drinks
Language
English
Jurisdiction
Local/Municipal/Regional, Provincial, Provincial (Ontario)
Tags
children, chronic disease prevention, food environment, food labelling, food literacy, food marketing, food safety, food system, garden, healthy eating, Healthy Kids Community Challenge, local food, nutrition education, school, sugar, sugar-sweetened beverages, vegetables and fruit, water