School-based obesity prevention programs are likely to be a cost-effective use of public funds and warrant careful consideration by policy makers and program planners.
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A South Carolina House subcommittee on Wednesday approved a measure aimed at curbing the availability of junk food in schools, the Columbia State reports. Under the bill, schools would be required to replace sugar-laden beverages and fatty snacks sold in cafeterias and vending machines with water, fruit juice, milk, granola bars and other nutritious snacks.
The study revealed strong grass-roots support for school-based food gardens. Teacher involvement and sustained motivation are essential factors for successful school food gardens.
Lunch box police
Jan 27
Teachers need the authority to enforce ‘healthy eating’ habits. School principals in Australia want teachers to have the power to police lunch boxes from home to remove any offending cookies or chips that are deemed by the State Government as unhealthy.
A new campaign suggestion includes a regulatory package of programs designed to stem the problem. The cornerstone of the campaign requires restaurant chains that operate at least 15 stores in the state to post calorie counts as prominently as prices on menu boards. A second component of the campaign requires public schools to measure the body mass index of students in first, fourth, seventh and 10th grades. Parents of students who are found to be overweight or obese will be notified and provided with information on proper nutrition and activity levels for their child.
A randomized controlled intervention trial was conducted in 14 low-income, urban, public elementary schools.
Waltham Forest council, in East London is to become the first in the country to ban new fast-food outlets from opening within 400 metres of schools, parks and other places where young people gather.
Create a short video that completes the phrase ‘Real Food is’ and you can win $1,000 for your school food project. The video should inform, inspire, and/or encourage student advocacy to restore connections to community, food, land, and place through Farm to Cafeteria programs.
The intervention included activities in nutrition and physical activity, fully applied the first year and partially in the second one. Obesity declined significantly only in boys during the first year.
Cross-sectional school-based survey repeated over 12 years on more than 500 kids. In the 2004 the overweight prevalence was 8.8 % than in controls 17.8%. These data suggest that, over a long period of time, interventions targeting a variety of population groups can have synergistic effects on overweight prevalence. These data suggest that, over a long period of time, interventions targeting a variety of population groups can have synergistic effects on overweight prevalence. This gives hope that it is possible to reverse trends towards increasing overweight by actions at the community level.