#217
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:11:32 -0500
From: Jim Bogden <jimb@NASBE.ORG>
Subject: Model Local School Wellness Policies on Physical Activity and Nutrition
The National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) has developed a set of
Model Local School Wellness Policies on Physical Activity and Nutrition to
assist local school districts meet the requirements of the Child Nutrition and
WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004. In what truly has been a collaborative effort,
60 health, nutrition, physical activity, and education organizations assisted
with or supported the development of the model policies, which are available at
=20 www.schoolwellnesspolicies.org
NANA encourages you to disseminate these model school wellness policies widely
and to work with school districts to use them as a tool to help schools take
strong steps to promote physical activity and nutrition and address obesity. For
example, you could:
- activate your members/constituents/colleagues to get involved with school
wellness policy development and implementation at the local level;
- link to the model school wellness policies on your organization's website;
- include the school wellness policies issue on the agenda of your
organization's meetings or conferences to inform others and encourage them to
get involved;
- share information about the model school wellness policies with your members
via email messages, newsletter articles, listservs, or other means; and
- work with schools in your own community to help develop and implement school
nutrition and physical activity policies.
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