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  • Home
  • Classes & Events
    • Adults
    • Youth
  • Schools
    • Coordinated School Health >
      • Local School Wellness Policy
      • Implementing Wellness Policies
      • Resources
      • School Wellness Events
    • Lending Library
  • Gardens
    • Start a Garden
    • Gardening How-To Videos
    • Planting Calendar
  • Local Foods
    • Find Local Food Near You
    • Use SNAP, WIC or FMNP at Farmers' Market
    • Start a Farm Stand or Farmer's Market

Coordinated School Health

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More Resources

Useful Websites:

Create a Healthier School

WELLSAT: Wellness School Assessment Tool

The Healthier Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010

The USDA Policy Memorandum

A Comparison Chart of the 2004 and 2010 requirements

Federal Nutrition Services (FNS)

Center for Disease Control (CDC)

Center for Disease Control (CDC) assessment and planning resource

Local School Wellness Policy

National School Health Policy database

Improving Academic Performance & Foster Cognitive Skills

1. http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/health_and_academics/pdf/pa-pe_paper.pdf

2.     Carlson SA, Fulton JE, Lee SM, Maynard M, Drown DR, Kohl III HW, Dietz WH. Physical education and academic achievement in elementary school: data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. American Journal of Public Health 2008;98(4):721–727. 

3.     MacLellan D, Taylor J, Wood K. Food intake and academic performance among adolescents. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research 2008;69(3):141-144.

Improving Students' Health & Social Outcomes

1. Basch CE. Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap. Equity Matters: Research Review No. 6. New York: Columbia University; 2010.

2. CDC. The Association Between School-Based Physical Activity, Including Physical Education, and Academic Performance. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2010.

3. http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/health_and_academics/pdf/health-academic-achievement.pdf 

4. http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/cshp/case.htm

5. http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/health_and_academics/index.htm
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