THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

Office for Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education
School Operations and Management
Child Nutrition Program Administration
Room 55, Albany, New York 12234-0055
Tel (518) 474-3956 Fax (518) 473-0018
Web address: www.nysed.gov/cn/cnms.htm

Updated 2/2/06

What Resources are Available to Guide Wellness Policies*

Action for Healthy Kids

Taking Action for Healthy Kids: A report on the healthy school summit and the action for healthy kids initiative. http://www.actionforhealthykids.org
Criteria for evaluating school based approaches to increasing good nutrition and physical activity: An action for healthy kids report http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/devel/pdf/report_small.pdf

The Learning Connection: The Value of Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity in Our Schools *COMING SOON* http://actionforhealthykids.org/pdf/LC_Color_120204_final.pdf

Coming in March…an interactive wellness policy building tool.

American Dietetic Association

Dietary guidance for healthy children aged 2 to 11 years. http://www.eatright.org/Public/NutritionInformation/92_adap0199.cfm
Nutrition services: an essential component of comprehensive health programs. http://www.eatright.org/Public/NutritionInformation/92_8243.cfm

Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids - A Nutrition and Activity Guide for Parents http://www.wellpoint.com/commitments/healthy_parenting.asp#1

American Dietetic Association Wellness policy info http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/advocacy_2160_ENU_HTML.htm

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Division of Adolescent and School Health (CDC DASH) including tool for evaluating school health environment, "Healthy School Index." http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/index.htm
Increasing Physical Activity A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5018a1.htm
Participation in High School Physical Education --- United States, 1991—2003. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5336a5.htm
Healthy Youth: An Investment in Our Nation's Future. At A Glance 2004. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/aag/aag_dash.htm

Center for Science in the Public Interest/National Alliance for Nutrition and Physical Activity (NANA)

Success stories of schools and school districts that have made healthy changes and seen revenue success. http://www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy/improved_school_foods_without_losing_revenue2.pdf

CSPI's School Foods Tool Kit provides how to's, model materials and policies, and examples of what other states and communities are doing to improve school foods. http://www.cspinet.org/schoolfood/index.html

Schools and School Districts That Have Improved School Foods and Beverages Measured the Revenue Impact http://www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy/improved_school_foods_without_losing_revenue2.pdf

Extension

Michigan State: Alternatives to food rewards. http://www.tn.fcs.msue.msu.edu/foodrewards.pdf

National Association of State Boards of Education

Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn: A School Health Policy Guide. http://www.nasbe.org/HealthySchools/fithealthy.mgi
State Level School Health Policies. A state by state list of requirements for school health coordinating or advisory councils. http://www.nasbe.org/HealthySchools

National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity

http://www.nanacoalition.org (National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity)

http://www.schoolwellnesspolicies.org (NANA Model Wellness Policy)

School Nutrition Association (Formerly American School Food Service Association)

Keys to excellence school food service evaluation tool. http://www.asfsa.org/keys/

Society for State Directors of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation.

Power point presentation connecting health and academic outcomes in students. http://www.thesociety.org/

States

Getting Started with a Coordinated School Health Program (Tennessee). http://www.tennessee.gov/education/ci/cischhealth/cigettingstarted.htm

Tools for Eating Smart and Moving More in the Real World and Recommended Standards for All Foods Sold in Schools (North Carolina). http://www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com/resources/tools/index.php and http://www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com/SchoolFoodsFINAL.pdf

United States Department of Agriculture

Find out your state's policy on the sale of competitive foods in schools. (Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture) http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/CompetitiveFoods/state_policies_2002.htm

U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Report to Congress on Food Sold in Competition with the School Foods Program. http://www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy/Foods_Sold_in_Competition_with_USDA_School_Meal_Programs.pdf

School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study – II, a USDA study of the foods served in the National School Lunch and Breakfast programs. http://www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy/SNDAIIfind.pdf

Changing the Scene: Improving the School Nutrition Environment Tool Kit. http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Healthy/changing.html

The Power of Choice (developed by FDA) nutrition education kit. http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/power_of_choice.html

Making It Happen: School Nutrition Success Stories. http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/New/index.htm

Other places to go for support, resources, grants, and information

American Cancer Society www.cancer.org and http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_1_6_School_Health.asp

American Heart Association www.americanheart.org and http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3007590

American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org

Food Research Action Center www.frac.org

National Association for Sport and Physical Education http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/template.cfm

National Food Service Management Institute www.nfsmi.org

National Parent Teacher Association www.pta.org
Society for Nutrition Education http://www.sne.org

*This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Many non-profit organizations, associations, states, and government agencies are continuing to develop, release, edit, and re-release new materials on the issues of children, nutrition, and physical activity.

For more information or to suggest additional resources or ideas for wellness policies, please feel free to contact Jessica Donze Black at the American Dietetic Association in the DC office at jdonzeblack@eatright.org or 202-775-8277 ext. 14.