How+have+health+and+wellness+policies+changed+over+the+years?

Samantha Greenwald

1. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is an article about the federal nutritional guideline that apply to school food through national school lunches and breakfast programs. The schools that had the largest student enrollment in each state were interviewed about their school district’s nutrition policies in 2004. The school districts each had different policies and they varied in requirements. None of the nutrition policies among each state’s largest school district were addressed. This article is relevant to the project being that my typic is health and wellness. I am researching the school policies of the food and how things have changed over the years. This article talks directly about the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the regulations that have made in schools.

Greves, H., & Rivara, F. P. (2006). Report card on school snack food policies among the United States' largest school districts in 2004-2005: Room for improvement. International Journal Of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity, 31-10. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-3-1

2. Changing Nutrition Standers in Schools: The Emerging Impact on School Revenue is an article about schools across the country that have tried changing their food, but rather not because it costs too much and would rather not spend the money. Schools are selling unhealthy foods that have high fat contents. In 2003 a San Francisco, CA school district implemented many food policies. Although it costs a lot of money the study in the article shows that it is more important to have nutritious food in the schools for the students. This article is helpful to the project because it explains why some schools do not change their food.

Wharton, C. M., Long, M., & Schwartz, M. B. (2008). Changing Nutrition Standards in Schools: The Emerging Impact on School Revenue. Journal Of School Health, 78 (5), 245-251. doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00296.x

3. In the article, New Lunch Choices, the author talks about the changes schools are making. No longer having the greasy foods like french fires and pizza and now having fruits, vegetables and sandwiches on whole wheat bread. Many states have made laws stating no fatting foods may be sold and healthy foods should be provided to promote healthy eating. School lunches are said to be not the only reason for the 9 million over weight teens, but its a good place to start. This article explains the laws that were made and the reasons for the health and over weight problems, which is a big help for my topic of health and wellness.

New Lunch Choices. (2006). Weekly Reader News - Edition 4, 87(20), 2.

4. The article Wellness Policies is about a study that was done to see if the policies that were made for the start of either the 2006-07 2007-08 school year have been started or being followed. Some of the policies were to eliminate the vending machines and to have daily recess and to have physical activity not physical education.

Viadero, Debra. "Wellness Policies." Education Week 28.37 (2009): 5. Academic Search Complete. Web. 28 Nov. 2011.

5. In the article Strategies to Promote High School Students’ Healthful Food Choices a study was done to evaluate the efficacy of a nutrition education curriculum that was developed to make more healthful dietary habits among students in order to address the growing public health problem of overweight in youth. This article is is great for my project because it talks health and what should change for the health issues will change.

Bukhari, A., Fredericks, L., & Fredericks , J. (2011). Strategies to promote high school students. //Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior//

6. The Case Against Banning Chocolate Milk is an article about getting rid of chocolate milk in schools. It has become a common quick fix for our childhood obesity problem. Many parents go upset and it has become a big fight. This would be a good article for my project because its a law that they ae making in schools regarding food and health.

KJ Dellantiona. The case against banning chocolate milk. //NY Times//. Retrieved from [|__http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/the-case-against-banning-chocolate-milk/?scp=1&sq=food__] policies in schools&st=cse