What does green your school mean? Healthy Schools Campaign offers a resource guide to getting your food schools program clean and green. They have outlined five ways to reduce the environmental impact of school lunches. Some of these strategies can be applied to the home as well. Get started: Establish who's in charge and confirm that health regulations are being followed
Use green cleaning products: look for a 3rd party seal
Green equipment and supplies: code supplies to reduce waste and purchase more efficient kitchen tools
Adopt green cleaning procedures: ensure that supplies are being properly cleaned and disposed of
Share the responsibility: get students involved, consider starting waste free lunches Green lunchrooms can be healthier lunchrooms - this is especially ...
What are you doing to help the health of a child in your life?
Good4Growth, with the Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics and the Cardinal Health Foundation, is supporting children's health by asking those who know a child in their life, to connect with them and build a healthier future for that child. The 7-day connect challenge, asks an adult to connect with kids and create a caring environment with healthy food and creative play. How can you get involved? It's as easy as trying a new vegetable with the child, or going for a walk with them. Want to learn more on how to get involved? Click here to download the flyer or read the full article on how to ...
This report discusses methods and outcomes of estimating the cost effectiveness of four nationally implemented childhood obesity interventions: (1) sugar-sweetened beverage excise tax; (2) eliminating tax subsidy of TV advertising to children; (3) early care and education policy changes; and (4) state policy for active physical education. There are limitations when comparing the cost per unit of reduction in body mass index (BMI) across interventions; however, when compared to clinical interventions, the cost effectiveness of these prevention interventions is remarkable. The cost per unit change in BMI for the prevention interventions assessed in this study range from $1.16 to $401. However, the study cited that the cost per unit change in BMI for a primary care-based ...
Latino communities often lack access to safe parks and green spaces. This Complete Parks Playbook by ChangeLab Solutions can help decision makers in Latino communities assess and improve their park system. Decision makers cannot determine park access by park existence alone, but they must take into account numerous factors: how people travel to parks; how parks are designed; what types of activities and amenities are provided; how, by whom and when parks are used; what types of plants and trees are planted in parks; how parks are maintained; and how parks are funded. Therefore, it is necessary to assess the following 7 elements when determining the status of a park system: Connect: creating safe routes to parks
Locate: ensuring equitable access to park
Grow: planting and ...
How many calories is in your favorite burger, or the kids meal you just ordered for your little one? There is no guessing in nutrition facts now, according to a recent article, Google will now estimate the calories of any fast food item. This is an encouraging way for those who want healthier alternatives, to know their options. How does it work, read the full article ...
Complete streets is a term for streets that are designed for safe and convenient transportation by vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. “Street-scale improvements, such as sidewalks, bike lanes, and safe street crossings, will better connect communities and provide kids more opportunities to be physically active.” This toolkit provides information, guidelines, tactics and resources to improve street-scale infrastructure. It is designed to recruit, engage, educate, organize and mobilize communities to ensure that every child has access to safe places to be physically active. Click here for access to the “Streets Built to Share” toolkit. Click here for access to additional “Streets Built to Share” ...
Restaurants market more and parents spend more, but restaurant meal options for kids are typically unhealthy. This Voice for Healthy Kids toolkit provides tactics to "Serve Kids Better." Each year, restaurants spend $715 million—nearly $2 million a day—marketing to children and youth. American families spend nearly half of all their food dollars (48%) on restaurant foods, which is up from 26% in 1970. Unfortunately, restaurant meals are typically unhealthy. 86% of children’s meal combinations are too high in calories, 55% are too high in saturated fat, and 66% are too high in sodium. This toolkit provides information, guidelines, tactics and resources to improve the quality of restaurant meals marketed to and served to children. It is designed to recruit, engage, ...
How great would it be to win a free salad bar for your school? A contest sponsored by Vollrath is offering a free salad bar for a local school. To be a valid contestant you must enter by August 15, 2015, click here to enter the ...
“The roots of the obesity epidemic lie in poverty; structural racism; education; and unhealthy neighborhood and living conditions.” In order to address the diverse determinants of obesity, leaders must coordinate from diverse fields, such as state agencies, local government, health care, city planning, housing, transportation, law enforcement, education, the business community, the faith community, child care, neighborhoods and families, to develop cross-sector initiatives. At the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions workshop, sector leaders from diverse fields explored barriers, lessons and solutions from five case studies of cross-sector obesity prevention initiatives. This workshop summary explains how health equity, sustainability, leadership and measurement are interwoven ...
