Nutrition Education Program

 

Nutrition Education Project aims to increase the likelihood low income children and families in San Francisco will make healthy food choices and engage in daily physical activity. Objectives Educate children in the benefits of eating 5 A DAY and being physically active for 60 minutes a day increase family awareness and participation related to nutrition and physical activity.


Develop a citywide collaboration to support a healthy lifestyle change. Program Elements Nutrition Education and Physical Activity Promotion in the classroom: Model comprehensive nutrition lessons linked to the following standards California Challenge Health Standards, Nutrition Competencies and SFUSD academic standards. Provide demonstration and tasting of healthy foods utilizing a mobile cooking cart. Promote physical activity through modeling of games and activities. Teacher Support Provide professional development on nutrition education and physical activity promotion. Facilitate field trips to farms, farmer's markets or gardens. Family Outreach Coordinate school based Family Health Nights, provide parent and caregiver workshops, publish quarterly nutrition newsletter, organize a school community social marketing campaign promoting 5 A Day.

The Nutrition Education Project is part of the California Nutrition Network for Healthy, Active Families and is funded primarily by the United States Department of Agriculture with additional funding from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, The California Endowment, and the Preventative Health and Human Services Block Grant of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.