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Direct linkCatheryn A. Orihuela; Retta Evans; Sylvie Mrug – Grantee Submission, 2024
Background: Despite the establishment of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) in 2010, child nutrition programs continue to experience challenges impacting participation. Prior qualitative studies have explored how to reduce barriers to implementation of these programs in schools, but few studies have examined attitudes held by students, who…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Child Health, Federal Legislation, Nutrition
Catheryn A. Orihuela; Retta Evans; Sylvie Mrug – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: Despite the establishment of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) in 2010, child nutrition programs continue to experience challenges impacting participation. Prior qualitative studies have explored how to reduce barriers to implementation of these programs in schools, but few studies have examined attitudes held by students, who…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Federal Legislation, Child Health, Nutrition
Thapa, Samikshya; Lambert, Laurel; Stapp, Alicia; Knight, Kathy – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2022
Purpose/Objectives: With the purpose of addressing childhood obesity, the U.S. Congress passed the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act (HHFKA) 2010, which strengthened the mandate and regulations for schools to develop and implement school wellness policies (SWPs) to promote students' health. Transparency and accessibility of SWPs among schools and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, High Schools, School Policy, Wellness
Reyes, Naomi; Ganderats-Fuentes, Montserrat; Acciai, Francesco; Eliason, Jessica; Ohri-Vachaspati, Punam – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) of 2010 supported implementation of school gardens for promoting fruit and vegetable consumption. We examined school garden prevalence over time by school-level factors during the period before and after the implementation of HHFKA. Methods: Using data from the New Jersey Child Health Study,…
Descriptors: Gardening, Incidence, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools
Download full textHealthy Schools Campaign, 2020
The next President of the United States has an enormous responsibility--and opportunity--to provide an equitable foundation for a new generation of learners. The magnitude of the coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated the importance of schools as community anchors that children and families rely on for much more than an education. This document…
Descriptors: Child Health, Government Role, Federal Government, Health Promotion
David M. Bersoff; Jayne Greenberg; Kayla Jackson; Karen Kafer; Julie Mattson-Ostrow; Robert Murray; Jean Ragalie-Carr; Patrick Smith; Katie Wilson – AASA, The School Superintendent's Association, 2020
In March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended our country, leading to a hunger and education crisis like we have never seen before. This report reflects on the role schools play in supporting a culture of wellness; the opportunities, trends, barriers and reasons why schools have been the great equalizer in America, where the minority is the…
Descriptors: Wellness, Health Promotion, School Health Services, Nutrition
