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Healthy Eating in Halton Schools- A Guide to Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment is a guide that can assist members of the school community to develop a school environment that supports healthy eating and active living.
Provincial directions from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Children and Youth Services and the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care are making healthy eating and active living for school children and their families a priority. This resource will help implement this important work in schools and their communities.
This guide has been a project of the Healthy School Nutrition Environment Committee, consisting of community Registered Dietitians from the Halton Healthy Eating Network, representatives from the Halton District School Board, Halton Catholic District School Board, Halton Region Health and Social Services Departments and interested community members.
The goal of the Healthy School Nutrition Environment initiative is to promote and support healthy eating for students as part of a healthy lifestyle. This initiative encourages and fosters the development of a school environment that enhances the learning process by promoting and supporting healthy eating behaviours and an active lifestyle.
The Healthy School Nutrition Environment initiative focuses on three areas: Increasing awareness and support of school environments that promote healthy eating; Providing a Guide to Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment for all Halton region schools; Communicating, supporting and rewarding healthy eating initiatives at school.
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Nutrition Action Grant” is funding available to schools to enable them to create a healthy school nutrition environment through their own programs or activities. The program is being developed and administered by the Halton Region departments of Health and Social and Community Services, together with the Halton Healthy School Nutrition Environment Workgroup and is funded by Choices 4 Health. The Healthy School Awards Program will provide elementary schools with grants of up to $500 and high schools with grants of up to $1000 to support students, parents, and teachers to take action to create a school environment that supports healthy eating.
