How can healthy food choices be promoted at schools?
Schools may choose to support school gardens or food tasting fairs which give students an opportunity to prepare, serve, and taste a wide variety of whole foods, including fruits and vegetables and identify new, healthy and appealing food choices. Q. Do the new Nutrition standards apply to extra-curricular events? A. No. These new nutrition standards do not apply outside of the school day. However, the district is making efforts to ensure healthy choices are offered for purchase. This gives consumers a choice when purchasing food products. Q: How can parents be involved? A: Parents and other family members can encourage their children to make healthy food choices at home. And they can make sure that their children get sufficient physical activity during non-school hours. On results of the most recent Healthy Youth Survey (given in 2004), 38% of district 8th graders reported having one or less days of moderate physical activity per week; 60% of 10th graders reported having two or fewer
