SchoolBased Nutrition Education

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School-Based Nutrition Education

• Emily Lyons, RD, LD
• Community Health Promotion Specialist
• Arkansas Department of Health

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National Obesity Trends
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Act 1220 Arkansas Child and Adolescent Obesity
Initiative
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Act 1220 of 2003

• Creates an Arkansas Child Health Advisory
  Committee.
• Make recommendations regarding nutrition and
  physical activity policy to the State Board of
  Education and the State Board of Health.
• Limits access to food/beverage vending machines.
• For elementary school students
• Reports ALL money received from food and beverage
  contracts.
• Convenes an advisory committee to raise awareness
  of the importance of proper nutrition and
  physical activity.
• Incorporates nutrition/physical activity goals
  into annual plans.

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Act 1220 of 2003

• Provides parents with the childs BMI results
  reported on a health report that is delivered to
  the parents in a private, confidential, and
  accurate way.
• Provides parents with an explanation of possible
  health effects of BMI, nutrition, and physical
  activity.
• Provides parents with a few tips they can do.

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Since Act 1220
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Act 201
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Act 201 of 2007

• The Division of Health of the Department of
  Health and Human Services in consultation with
  the Department of Education shall
• Assign all community health nurses under its
  supervision to work with schools to assure that
  body mass index for age assessment protocols are
  followed by school employees or their designees
  who conduct body mass index for age assessments
  and other student health screenings and

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Act 201 of 2007

• Every school district shall
• - Beginning with kindergarten and then in even
  numbered grades, require schools to include as a
  part of a student health report to parents a body
  mass index percentile by age for each student,
  and
• - Permit any parent to refuse to have their
  childs body mass index percentile for age
  assessed and reported, by providing a written
  refusal to the school.

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Proper Nutrition..

• Is a vital part of overall health and wellness
• Provides the nutrients and energy needed for
  growth and development
• Promotes learning and academic achievement
• Helps prevent many health problems, including
  OBESITY

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Why Do We Need School-Based Nutrition Education?

• Schools can reach almost all children and
  adolescents.
• Schools provide opportunities to practice healthy
  eating.
• Schools can teach students how to resist social
  pressures.
• Skilled personnel are available.
• Evaluations suggest that school-based nutrition
  education can improve the eating behaviors of
  young persons.
• CDC

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Nutrition Education

• Available in pre-K through grade 12
• Focuses on skill development
• Integrated into core curriculum
• Dining room and classroom are linked
• CDC

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Resources You Can Use!
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Resources You Can Use

• United States Department of Agriculture
• -MyPyramid
• -www.mypyramid.gov
• -Team Nutrition
• -www.teamnutrition.usda.gov

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Resources You Can Use

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• -BAM! Body and Mind
• -www.bam.gov
• -Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls.
• -www.cdc.gov/powerfulbones/

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Resources You Can Use

• American Dietetic Association
• -www.eatright.org

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Emily Lyons, RD, LDCommunity Health Promotion
Specialistemily.lyons_at_arkansas.gov Tommie
Rogers, RN, BSNCommunity Health Nurse
Specialisttommie.rogers_at_arkansas.gov
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This issue is not an easy one. It needs
creative ideas, strong wills, and our most
dedicated efforts to find ways to make school
environments supportive of good health and
nutrition.-Former USDA Secretary Dan Glickman
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References

• www.usda.gov
• www.cdc.gov
• www.eatright.org
• www.achi.net