Team Nutrition
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Description
Team Nutrition has three behavior-focused strategies:

• Provide training and technical assistance to Child Nutrition foodservice professionals to enable them to prepare and serve nutritious meals that appeal to students.

• Promote nutrition curriculum and education in schools through multiple communication channels to reinforce positive nutrition messages and encourage students to make healthy food and physical activity choices as part of a healthy lifestyle.

• Build school and community support for creating healthy school environments that are conducive to healthy eating and physical activity.

All program materials encourage students to make food and physical activity choices for a healthy lifestyle. They focus on five behavior outcomes:

• Eat a variety of foods

• Eat more fruits, vegetables and grains

• Eat lower fat foods more often

• Get your calcium-rich foods

• Be physically active

Target Population
Schools - Becoming a Team Nutrition School will help you focus attention on the important role nutritious school meals, nutrition education and a health-promoting school environment play in helping students learn to enjoy healthy eating and physical activity. It will provide the framework for team efforts by school nutrition staff, teachers, parents, the media and other community members.

Type of Resource
Resources available online at the Team Nutrition web site

Lead Agency
USDA – Food and Nutrition Services, Team Nutrition

Source
Print and complete the School Enrollment Form (PDF)
Fax to: (703) 305-2549.
No cost involved.
teamnutrition.usda.gov/team.html.

Mail Form to:
Team Nutrition
Room 6323101
Park Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22302

Cost
Free

Date Published
N/A