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Session: Joint School Health & Nutrition Track: Model Policies and Best Practices to Improve the School Nutrition & Activity Environments
4309.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
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Joint School Health & Nutrition Track: Model Policies and Best Practices to Improve the School Nutrition & Activity Environments
The School Health Services and Food and Nutrition Sections jointly present abstracts that highlight excellence in the development of policies to prevent childhood obesity in the United States. Childhood obesity is high and rising, putting US children at increased risk of nutrition-related disease and disability. Wellness policies have been developed by local school districts to improve school nutrition environments. Model local efforts will be highlights as well as legal approaches to policy development.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Develop an local policy to reduce the risk of childhood obesity. 2. Describe an example of policy development to reduce the risk of childhood obesity.
Moderator(s):Sonya Jones, PhD
4:30 PMLegal tools to improve or eliminate school food and beverage contracts  [ Recorded presentation ]
Debora Pinkas, JD, Marice Ashe, JD, MPH
4:42 PMVending and a la carte food policies in Rhode Island schools: A case study of how to support changes to the nutrition environment  [ Recorded presentation ]
B.A. Laris, MPH, Jan Mermim, MSW, Lisa Russell, PhD, Karin Coyle, PhD, Alyssa Steiner, MPH, Karen Debrot, DrPH, Leah Robin, PhD
4:54 PMDistributing fresh fruit and vegetables at school—Results from the Mississippi Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program and Evaluation
Susan Potter, MS, Doris Schneider, MS, Gary May, BS, Karin Coyle, PhD, Leah Robin, PhD, Karen Debrot, DrPH
5:06 PMExceptional school food policies/programs: Developing a model to manage competitive foods at state and local levels
Heidi Himler, BS, Deborah S. Ballard-Reisch, PhD
5:18 PMImpact of cafeteria meal options on middle school students' lunch choices  [ Recorded presentation ]
Erin L. DeFries, BS, Dina Mosher, BS, Manette Cheshareck, BA
5:30 PMChildhood Obesity: Perceptions and Behaviors of Students, Caregivers and Teachers  [ Recorded presentation ]
Nora Gimpel, MD, Mark DeHaven, Ph D, Jo Ann Carson, PhD, RD, LD, Cindy Cunningham, MS, Christina Smith, MS, RD, Michelle Lee, Richard C. Luttrell, Deborah Owens
5:42 PMImproving school nutrition: A strategy for passing state legislation to ban the sale of sodas and junk food from schools  [ Recorded presentation ]
Roberta R. Friedman, ScM, Vivien M. Morris, MS, RD, MPH, LDN
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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