School Food Summit: Improving Student Nutrition in San Diego County

School Food Summit: Improving Student Nutrition in San Diego County
The Coalition on Children and Weight San Diego (CCWSD), the forerunner to the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative, teamed up with County Board of Supervisor Pam Slater-Price and HealthLink North County to host the School Food Summit on Wednesday, March 9, 2005. More than 240 school board members, administrators, food service directors, nurses, staff, and parent leaders representing 36 school districts attended the event to identify key opportunities for creating healthy school food environments. Participants received information and training on creating positive food environments through legislative advocacy, best practices, and action plan development and implementation.

PowerPoint Presentations

The School Food Zone: Overcoming Obstacles (Christine Wood, MD, FAAP)

School Nutrition Policy Development (Naomi Butler)

State Superintendent O'Connell's Obesity Task Force Recommendations (Terri Soares, RD)

Summaries and Reports

School Food Summit: Strategy Development Session Results

School Food Summit: Summary Report

Quick Facts

More children are being diagnosed with diseases linked to overweight and obesity previously seen only in adults, such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease (The Obesity Society, 2009).
In 2006 alone, overweight; obesity; and physical inactivity cost California $41 billion in healthcare and productivity loss
Overweight children are far more likely to be obese as adults (California Center of Public Health Advocacy, 2009)

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