4093.0 Nutrition during the school day - wellness policies and foods available in and around schools

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Schools play a critical role in determining the availability of healthy foods and policies to create healthy food environments for youth. This session will explore best practices in wellness policies, use of the School Health Index to examine policies and environments, the foods offered through school meals, and exposure to unhealthy foods on and off campus.
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss methods to examine the school food environment 2. Describe findings from research to evaluate foods offered through school meals 3. Identify best practices for school wellness policies 4. Describe the availability of unhealthy foods in and around schools
Moderator:
Marsha Spence, PhD, MS-MPH, RD

10:30am
Equity in the National School Meals Programs: An Analysis of SNDA-III
Mark A. Swanson, PhD and Richard J. Charnigo, PhD
     
10:45am
Creating a model for wellness policy implementation at the school site level: The OUSD Wellness Champion Initiative
Lisa Craypo, MPH, RD, Marcia Argyris, Michelle Oppen, MPH, Teresa Chin, MPH, Samantha Blackburn, RN, MSN and Sarah Samuels, DrPH
     
11:00am
Innovative team approach to assist schools to complete the School Health Index and address school wellness
Lynn Fredericks, BA, Judith Wylie-Rosett, EdD, RD, David Lounsbury, PhD and Alison Maringo, BA
     
11:15am
Examining a statewide law banning junk food and beverage marketing in Maine high schools
Michele Polacsek, PhD, MHS, Karen O'Rourke, MPH, Janet Whatley Blum, ScD, Liam O'Brien, PhD, Sara M.A. Donahue, MPH and Britney Nelson, BS
        
11:30am
Access to fast food around schools – Exposures in California's low-income neighborhoods
Alyssa Ghirardelli, MPH, RD, Valerie Quinn, MEd and Sharon Sugerman, MS, RD
     

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: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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