| Five Ways to Encourage Healthy Habits in Eat Move Win |
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Have you completed Eat Move Win with your high school students?
Learn how one Southern California high school adapted content from each of the five online lessons in Eat Move Win into a “ Shape Up” health fair—complete with five-food-group photo booth—to promote good nutrition and share the learning during National Nutrition Month®.
And if you haven't finished teaching Eat Move Win, there's still plenty of time between now and the end of the school year. Learn how you can get started today!
Not ready to commit to an entire online program? Encourage teens to use TeenBEAT—Basic Exercise + Activity Tracker—and kick-start healthier habits. |
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| LA Trust Teams Up With Dairy Council of California to Help Teens |
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The Los Angeles Trust for Children's Health partnered with Dairy Council of California to develop new resources that empower teens to champion healthy eating and physical activity habits.
Educators and school wellness policy team members are encouraged to review and share the Nutrition Education + Promotion Guide to help student advisory groups lead nutrition efforts at school and within the community.
Health educators can also access the new Healthy Eating for Teens online portal. This mobile-friendly tool includes three tailored modules on topics like balanced meals and snacks, breakfast and goal setting. |
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Action for Healthy Kids offers School Breakfast Grants to pilot or expand school breakfast programs and Game On Grants to increase physical activity and nutrition initiatives. Apply by April 7 at ActionforHealthyKids.org/Grants or California applicants can contact Katia Ahmed at KAhmed@ActionForHealthyKids.org.
With more than 20 scientific studies now supporting the benefits of low-fat chocolate milk after a tough workout, many teams and athletes have adopted chocolate milk as their post-practice beverage of choice. By sharing their own success stories with chocolate milk, coaches of high school-age teams have a chance to win one of five $1,000 grants for their athletic programs in the BUILT WITH CHOCOLATE MILK Coaches Challenge! Deadlines are on a rolling basis. Visit the website for more information. |
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Dairy Council of CA Presents! Upcoming Conferences
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- The Sacramento Food Policy Council and Food and Nutrition Club of CA State University Sacramento will host the second annual School Food Forum on April 25, 2017. Register today to learn about the local school food environment. Dairy Council of CA will have speakers on the agenda and an exhibit booth at the event.
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| Research Update: School Nutrition + Academic Achievement |
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Hungry students have a hard time learning and meeting behavior expectations. Research shows that school nutrition programs can be an effective tool to help children reach their full academic potential.
Review California Food Policy Advocates' Research Summary: School Nutrition and Academic Achievement for research-supported actions that school districts can take to address attendance, suspensions and academic achievement with school nutrition programs.
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| MyPlate Tips: Quick Nutrition Activities for Kids |
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| Can you name three foods from each of the five MyPlate food groups? Take five minutes in between lessons to ask your students, or quiz your own children over dinner. Have older children print or cut out food pictures to create a MyPlate collage. |
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| Keep Up to Date With Dairy Council of CA |
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