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School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Students
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School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Students
Type of Resource: Book/Report / PDF available at website
Resource ID: 102
Abstract (full description below): A guide for developing school wellness policies that address the needs of low-income students
Title: School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Students
Author(s): Shireen Cama, Bill Emerson, Lynn Parker, Madeleine Levin, and Crystal FitzSimons
Publisher: Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
Date published: February 2006
Internet site selling or supporting book: www.frac.org
Organization selling or publishing book: Food Research and Action Center
Organizations's email address: foodresearch@frac.org
Organization's phone: 202 986-2200
Address: 1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 540
Washington, District of Columbia 20009
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Description of resource
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Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) developed "School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Students," which is a guide that addresses the special concerns of low-income students in local school wellness policies. The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 requires every school district participating in the National School Lunch and/or School Breakfast Programs to establish a local wellness policy by the start of the 2006-2007 school year. Local school wellness policies are an important new tool to promote healthy eating and physical activity through changes in school programs and environments.
This guide provides sample policies, model programs and key research information that are important tools to address the nutrition concerns of low-income children and communities in the development of school wellness policies. The guide is intended to supplement the many existing tools available for designing school wellness policies, by providing strategies that address the unique needs of low-income students, families and communities. |
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