5140.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | ||||
Oral Session | ||||
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| Issues related to competitive foods, pouring rights contracts and other contemporary school food service practices will be addressed. The main goal of addressing such issues is to advance policy and environmental changes to promote healthy eating and physical activity options in the school and surrounding community. Research on the impact of controversial practices will be presented | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Analyze several strategies for influencing public policy on school nutrition programs: -Understand the complexities of each issue related to healthy eating in public schools. -Learn the effectiveness of detailed research and advocating for specific issues to achieving desired policy outcomes. -Learn the important relationship between policy change and behavior change. | ||||
| Erika Takada, MPH | ||||
| Introductory Remarks | ||||
| Advocating for policies on healthy eating in California schools Erika Takada, MPH, Amanda Purcell, MPH, Victoria Berends, BS, Peggy Agron, MA, RD | ||||
| Taking the fizz out of soda and schools Victoria Berends, BS, Debra Oto-Kent, MPH, Andrew Hagelshaw, Amanda Purcell, MPH, Peggy Agron, MA, RD | ||||
| Setting nutrient standards for competitive foods in California public schools Jennifer Robertson, MS, RD, Amanda Purcell, MPH, Peggy Agron, MA, RD, Erika Takada, MPH | ||||
| California school food finance study: Key findings Lisa Craypo, MPH, RD, Sarah Samuels, DrPH, Kenneth Hecht, JD, Maria Boyle, MS, RD, Lucy Hicks | ||||
| School Nutrition 101: Educating the California legislature about school food issues Joel Cohen, MPA, MURP, Amanda Purcell, MPH, Peggy Agron, MA, RD | ||||
| Sponsor: | School Health Education and Services | |||
| Cosponsors: | Socialist Caucus | |||
| CE Credits: | Chiropractic, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | |||