Parents: Key Partners in Developing Healthy School Environments
Your School Foodservice Director: School Nutrition Resource and Expert
Talking to Your School Foodservice Director
Nine tips to communicating with a district school foodservice/nutrition director that will help you get your questions answered.
Local School Wellness Policies: An Opportunity to Take Action
Local Wellness Policies: An Opportunity for Parents to Get Involved
A brief overview of the local school wellness policy requirement and ways that parents can make a difference in developing healthy school environments.
SNA Local Wellness Policy webpage
Find tools and resources that can help with local school wellness policy requirement. Includes SNA guidelines for developing a policy as well a lengthy lost of policies passed by districts nationwide.
Parents: Join Your School Wellness team (FRAC brochure)
Brochure from the Food Research and Action Center that outlines ways parents can impact local wellness policy development.
Do Food Rewards Make Kids Overweight?
Research brief on the food environment in schools and cumulative effect of snack fundraisers, classroom parties and teacher food rewards.
School Nutrition: Get the Facts
National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: History and Data
Overview of the federal child nutrition programs including links to program statistics and authorizing legislation.
School Meals Proven a Healthy Choice
Myths and facts about school lunch – including cites to research that clarify the value of school lunches.
USDA Commodities and Healthy School Lunches
Myths and facts about the US Department of Agriculture food distribution program and the commodity foods provided to schools.
Survey Finds Sack Lunches Fail Nutrition Requirements
Brief article on a nutritional analysis of bag or sack lunches brought from home.
School Lunch is the Nutrition Winner
Research summary of a study that compared the nutritional value of school lunches with sack lunches brought from home.
Right-Sized: School Meals
Article on portion sizes in school lunch and the overall nutritional quality of school lunches.
Tools for Parents
Growing Healthy Children in OUR Schools (in Adobe Acrobat format)
Alternate School Fundraising Resource
Multi-page resource developed by SNA Education Committee that includes a variety of resources for developing alternatives to food-based fundraisers in school.
School Meals: Towards a Healthy Childhood Weight Fact Sheet (in Adobe Acrobat format)
Two page fact sheet on the National School Lunch Program that cites much of the research around the nutritional value of school lunch.
Backpack Brochures
Free, educational and fun-filled, two-page brochures featuring information on creating local wellness policies.
Healthy Meals and Snacks: Recipe Database
SNA Recipe Database (family sized meals)
Recipe database of nutritious entrée and side dishes available in both family and school quantities.
Nutrition Education
Nutrition Education
Activities and books to help children understand the importance of eating well.
Ask the Nutritionist and Commonly Asked Nutrition Questions
Ask The Nutritionist
Do you have a question about Child Nutrition Programs? SNA can help you find the answers and resources you need.