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jlmhmf · **on:** Aug 21, 2018

What are three suggestions for building a more healthful school environment?

Question 2

Within the nutrition care process and model, passing out food vouchers and meals or snacks would fall into which category of nutrition intervention?
a. nutrition counseling
b. food and/or nutrient delivery
c. coordination of nutrition care
d. nutrition education

Anonymous · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Some possible suggestions include:
Providing age-appropriate nutrition and health education to help students develop life-long healthful lifestyle habits.
Ensuring that meals offered through school breakfast and lunch programs meet healthful standards.
Adopting policies that require all foods and beverages available on school campuses and at school events to contribute toward eating patterns that are consistent with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Providing food options that are low in fat, calories, and added sugars.
Ensuring that healthful snacks and foods are provided in vending machines, school stores, and other venues.
Prohibiting access to vending machines that compete with healthful school meals in elementary schools, and restricting access in middle, junior, and high schools.
Providing adequate time for students to eat school meals, and scheduling lunch periods at reasonable hours around midday.

Answer to Question 2

b