Healthy School Environment
Delaware
Delaware Action for Healthy Kids is working with schools to achieve three goals from the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity:
- Provide students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 with behavior-focused nutrition education integrated into the curriculum that is interactive and teaches the skills they need to adopt healthy eating habits.
- Provide all children, from pre-kindergarten through grade 12, with quality daily physical education that helps develop the knowledge, attitudes, skills, behaviors and confidence needed to be physically active for life.
- Adopt policies ensuring that all foods and beverages available on school campuses and at school events contribute toward eating patterns that are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Delaware Action for Healthy Kids recently made headlines in The News Journal for the coalitions' continual efforts to improve nutritional standards in schools. Read "Rethinking School Snacks" to learn more about AFHK's commitment to healthier schools in Delaware.