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www.schoolfoodpolicy.com is a US based website that may be of intereset to this CoP membership.
Impact of School Nutrition Policy report from Saskatchewan: this study shares the findings and the experiences of students, parents and school staff in one small school division in Saskatchewan one year after a division-wide school nutrition policy was implemented. To view the report scroll down to the attachments section.

The Government of New Brunswick announced an updated comprehensive school nutrition policy in the spring of 2008. See: http://www.gnb.ca/0000/pol/e/711A.pdf and
http://www.gnb.ca/0000/pol/e/711AA.pdf.



The Alberta Nutrition Guidelines (which include day care, rec centers and schools) are now available at:
http://www.healthyalberta.com/Documents/AB_Nutri_Guidelines_2008(1).pdf

An interesting article looking at the impact on revenue with the introduction of school food standards/policies. Wharton CM, Long M, Schwartz MB. Changing nutrition standards in schools: the emerging impact on school revenue. J Sch Health. 2008; 78: 245-251
These presentations were made at the 2008 Nutrition & Schools Symposium in Ottawa.Gatineau on April 21, 2008.



Healthy Fundraising for Schools guide from BC: http://www.dashbc.org/upload/Healthy%20Fundraising.pdf

Manitoba has published a Handbook for Schools on School Nutrition Policies. The province has also published guidelines on food sales in schools. Guidelines for Food and Beverage Sales in BC Schoools were released in 2005 and updated in 2007.

Newfoundland School Food Guidelines. Several provinces/territories had broadly-based advisory groups that developed school nutrition guidelines. See http://www.dietitians.ca/members_only/pdf/Foundations_for_School_Nutrition_Alberta.pdf, See Action in Schools for Physical Education , and Nutrition (ASPEN)

The Manitoba School Nutrition Handbook is designed to help school communities develop
nutrition policies

In 2004, the Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health released Healthy Weights, Healthy Lives.
In this report there were a number of School Health Recommendations. In October 2004, the Ontario Ministry of Education released a policy document: Healthy Foods and Beverages in Elementary School Vending Machines Policy/Program Memorandum. The Dietitians of Canada developed School Food and Nutrition Recommendations for the Ontario Ministry of Education Regarding Snacks and Beverages Dispensed by Vending Machines which accompanied this Policy and Program Memorandum The Ontario Ministry of Education’s Healthy Schools plan includes policy direction on daily physical activity, healthy foods and beverages in elementary school vending machines, anaphylaxis, Community Use of Schools, swimming survival programs, health and physical education curriculum and a high school cardiopulmonary resuscitation program.

In 2004, The Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health releasedCall to Action: Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment which included recommendations related to the importance of healthy eating in the school context .

A position paper by the Ontario Medical Association (2005) An Ounce of Prevention or a Ton of Trouble: Is there an Epidemic of Obesity in Children?

Une nouvelle politique fut adopte au Québec qui limite la consommation des produits néfaste afin d’améliorer la nutrition des élèves dans les écoles. http://www.infobourg.com/sections/chemises/afficheChemise.php?idChemise=33&id=10094

The Healthy Eating Nova Scotia Strategy (HENS: 2005) is a planning framework, based on a population health approach, to guide coordinated evidence-based action, decision, and resource allocation on nutrition and healthy eating. the focus has been on the development of the comprehensive Food and Nutrition Policy for Nova Scotia Public Schools.

The PEI Healthy Eating Alliance is a group of individuals, non-governmental organizations and government departments working together to improve the eating habits of children and youth. In December 2002, the HEA released the Healthy Eating Strategy for Island Children and Youth, a three year strategy to guide its work. Since the spring of 2003, the School Healthy Eating Policy Project (an initiative of the PEI Healthy Eating Alliance) has worked with the three school boards of Prince Edward Island to develop healthy eating policies using a consultative process. PEI School Nutrition Policies for elementary (Grades 1-6) and consolidated (Grades 1-8) schools now exist in all three school boards.

The Revised Canada Food Guide includes a Resource Guide for Educators. The US-based Center for Science in the Public Interest has published a School Food Kit that includes sample and model policies and case studies.

Nutrition Guidelines for Schools by Public Health Nutritionists of Saskatchewan Research Centre.
A page on the BC Government web site houses a variety of information documents geared to informing schools about healthy eating


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