DHHS: DPH: WCH: School Nutrition

Purpose

Good nutrition improves children's health, learning potential and school attendance and schools are vitally important settings through which to promote good nutrition and provide nutrition interventions. Healthy nutrition contributes to decreasing the risks of today's leading health problems: Obesity, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer, and Eating Disorders.

Nutrition education has been shown to have a significant effect in fostering healthful eating habits. Thus, schools can contribute to reducing these nutrition-related problems by integrating nutrition interventions into a comprehensive approach to school health.

Description

The Children and Youth Branch provides on going nutrition consultation to schools and school-based health centers.

Contact

For more information about this service contact:

Children and Youth Branch, 919-707-5600