Healthy Edge: Building Healthy School Meals

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Give Your Career the Healthy Edge!

• Encourage children to make healthier options to impact their lifelong nutrition!
• Improve your overall child nutrition program and add credibility to the work you and your employees perform!
• Enroll in the Healthy Edge program to earn 10 core hours in Key Area 2 - Nutrition and see how this interactive and fun online course can help you and your school nutrition team excel on the way to SNA certification!

Healthy Edge: Building Healthy School Meals is a professional development program that educates school nutrition professionals about many aspects of nutrition.  The program helps professionals:

• Satisfy program requirements outlined in USDA's School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children
• Offer nutritious and appealing meals that satisfy the dietary needs and food preferences of children
• Implement the best practices presented in Keys to Excellence in School Food and Nutrition Programs
• Satisfy the nutrition education core requirement of the School Nutrition Association certification program

The course is broken into four interactive and engaging modules: 

1. Nutrition
2. Nutrition Education
3. Preparing and Serving Healthy School Meals
4. Building Partnerships and Marketing

Online Course:

Healthy Edge is available at our School Nutrition University (www.snuniversity.org).

SNA Training Material for Seminars

The new Healthy Edge curriculum is available in seminar format to be used for upcoming employee training sessions. These materials can only be purchased by SNA Certified Trainers for $100 through the SNA Emporium and include instructions, the Healthy Edge PowerPoint Presentation, accompanying tests, test answer keys, and student roster. The Healthy Edge Study Guide is available through the Emporium as well. A Study Guide, including certificate, must be provided for each seminar attendee in order to complete and receive credit for the Healthy Edge course. The Healthy Edge Study Guide is available at a cost of $20 per book.

Trainer Certification

As of September 1, 2008 Healthy Edge courses must be taught by SNA Certified Trainers to be eligible for core and key area hour credit. If you are interested in becoming a SNA Certified Trainer, please visit, How to Become Certified.  Click here for a listing of SNA Certified Trainers .