Nutrition Education in the K-12 Curriculum The Role of National Standards: Workshop Summary (2013) / Chapter Skim
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2 The Current Opportunity
2 The Current Opportunity
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Education standards could capture and embody the collective responsibility of society to counter obesity and poor health outcomes. For these reasons and more, the workshop presented an opportunity to advance understanding of nutrition education.
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Before coming to Washington, Thornton was a home economics teacher and school nutrition director in Kentucky, and "I saw all of these things," she said. These educational risks increase the likelihood of poor educational outcomes, including poor grades, low standardized test scores, grade level retention, and dropping out.
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Each local education agency must designate one or more local education agency officials or school officials to ensure that each school complies with the local wellness policy." At a minimum, a local school wellness policy must • nclude goals for nutrition promotion and education, physical activity, and I other school-based activities that promote student wellness. • nclude nutrition guidelines to promote student health and reduce childhood I obesity for all foods available in each school district.
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The media can be a catalyst for such changes by celebrating successes where changes in schools increase learning. Thornton described some of the "phenomenal" school visits she has made, from seeing students eating baked kale in Arizona to visiting schools in Idaho where seniors join younger students for lunch and encourage them to eat healthy foods.
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Shortly before the workshop, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the Let's Move Active Schools initiative to create active environments for students before, during, and after school.3 A new report issued by the Healthy Schools Campaign and Trust for America's Health, entitled Health in Mind, has compiled the scientific studies related to good nutrition, physical activity, learning, and mental health, providing what Dickard called "a good summary of the connection between healthy mind, wellness, and academic achievement" (Carr et al., 2012)
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Over time, the emphasis in nutrition programs has moved from micronutrients to the amount and variety of food, which is also easier to teach, Stallings observed. However, evidence about how to promote wellness and sustain health through healthy eating can be harder to generate than evidence about preventing illnesses caused by deficiencies of specific nutrients.
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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children offered a set of practical and economical recommendations for standards that reflect current nutritional science, increase the availability of key food groups, and allow the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program to better meet the nutritional needs of children, foster healthy eating habits, and safeguard children's health (IOM, 2009)
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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, Head Start, day care, school meals, competitive foods, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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