
Healthy Food at Schools
Creating a healthier food environment at school is a key strategy for reducing childhood obesity. This US-based webinar provides an overview of how policy, systems and environmental strategies can improve the food landscape in schools, including strategies for ensuring healthy beverages in school vending machines, increasing access to fresh drinking water, restricting non-nutritious food and beverage advertising on school grounds, and establishing a “healthy food zone” in school neighborhood. The presentation notes can be found here.
Resource Information
Date
August 13, 2013
Author
ChangeLab Solutions
Type
Webinar
Setting
Cafeteria/Canteen, Community-at-large, School
Age
Children (4-11), Youth (12-17)
Topic
Food Environment
Language
English
Jurisdiction
Local/Municipal/Regional, Provincial, National, International
Tags
childhood obesity, children, chronic disease prevention, food access, food environment, food marketing, healthy eating, nutrition education, nutrition guidelines, policy, school, sugar-sweetened beverages, vegetables and fruit, vending, water, youth