Healthy School Environment
New Jersey
New Jersey Action for Healthy Kids state team has received a USDA Team Nutrition grant through the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. Funding will be used to conduct three regional Healthy School Forums in the spring of 2005. These forums will target fourth, fifth and sixth grade elementary students, their parents and teachers to encourage the development of Healthy School Teams. These teams will help their schools implement and maintain a healthy nutrition environment that includes dairy.
New Jersey 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 age-appropriate and culturally sensitive instruction in health education and physical education that help students develop the knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviors to adopt, maintain and enjoy healthy eating habits and a physically active lifestyle.
- 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.
- 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.
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