Mike Hill
Chair TAHKA
www.actionforhealthykids.org
Craig Tounget
Executive Director
www.txpta.org
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Mike Hill Chair TAHKA www.actionforhealthykids.org |
Craig Tounget Executive Director www.txpta.org |
By school year 2006-2007, all school
districts participating in the federal school meal programs shall establish a
local school wellness policy.
---Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization
Act of 2004
Research shows a strong link between children’s health and academic performance. Healthy eating habits can help improve attendance, energy levels, classroom participation, school behavior, test scores, and academic success. Children who are fit and nutritionally healthy are ready to learn. By supporting healthy eating and regular physical activity schools can improve student performance and achievement.
Be Active
in the Development of
Your
The Texas Action for Healthy Kids Alliance (TAHKA), and the Texas PTA are working together to assist schools in developing and implementing effective school wellness policies to ensure healthy school nutrition and physical activity environments.
Poor diet and physical inactivity
impacts growth and development and puts children at risk for developing obesity,
type 2 diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, certain cancers, and other diet
related chronic disease Unhealthy children are
less likely to achieve academic success
Schools must
develop a local wellness policy involving parents, students, a representative
from your school food authority and school board, school administrators, and the
public.
The policy must
include:
goals for nutrition education, physical activity, and other school-based activities to promote student wellness,
Local
wellness policies must be board approved
prior to the start of the 2006-2007 school
year.
Click the following links to view documents for:
1. Steps to developing a local school wellness policy
2. School Nutrition Association (SNA) model wellness policy
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