In response to the childhood obesity epidemic, much research has been conducted on school-based obesity prevention and healthy eating and physical activity promotion and intervention. The Centers for Disease Control's new guidelines in this report synthesize the scientific evidence and best practices during 1995-2009 and combine healthy eating and...
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This focus area includes research that supports healthy and sustainable food in the preK–12 setting.
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Evaluation for Transformation defines outcomes that farm-to-school has the potential to achieve and offers language, guidelines, and metrics to understand outcomes and assess programs. Beyond the four sectors (public health, community economic development, education, and environmental quality), the framework is structured around three levels of...
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This study evaluated the effectiveness of an afterschool program using a curriculum on nutrition and physical activity. Results showed a significant reduction in overweight and obesity among children in the intervention group.
The study was published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. The abstract can be read...
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This research contains an assessment of the impact of legislation that established nutrition standards for foods and beverages that compete with reimbursable school meals in California. This study concluded that regulation of competitive foods improved school food environments and student nutritional intake.
On-campus foods and beverages meeting...
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Making the Case is a set of tools comprising a two-minute video, a PowerPoint that users can customize for their presentations, a PDF packed with research, and an at-a-glance infographic. The tools summarize extensive research that documents the links between school food, better nutrition, academic success, and student health.
They also highlight...
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This is an ongoing series about school meal trends, impacts of improving school lunch, and support by students and parents for healthier school meals. The studies document, among other findings, that students are selecting healthier meals, participation has held steady, food waste is down, and revenues have rebounded after an initial decline following...
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Schools can use this online self-assessment and planning tool to improve their health and safety policies and programs. It's designed to be easy to use and completely confidential. The SHI is based on CDC’s research-based guidelines for school health programs, which identify the policies and practices most likely to be effective in reducing youth health...
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SAREP provides leadership and support for scientific research and education in agricultural and food systems that are economically viable, conserve natural resources and biodiversity, and enhance the quality of life in the state's communities.
SAREP serves farmers, farmworkers, ranchers, researchers, educators, regulators, policy makers, industry...
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This article includes an assessment of the potential and challenges of the elementary school cafeteria as a setting and resource for nutrition education, with evaluation of the development and implementation of a toolkit for nutrition education by elementary food services staff.
The goal of the project was to take advantage of the potential of...
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This research article looks at how local food systems may facilitate agroecological practices that conserve nutrient, energy, and water resources. The authors estimate the upper potential for all existing US croplands to meet total US food demand through local food networks.
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With a strong presence of the health sciences in research and education at UC Merced, HSRI is focused on promoting all research in the human health sciences to improve awareness, advocacy and action of health and health disparities.
Goals include:
- Establish health research and training as a signature theme at UC Merced
- ...
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An extensive literature review summarizes social, economic, and health impacts of urban agriculture discussed in a number of academic journals, professional reports, and books from nonprofits, foundations, and government agencies.
The project was supported by the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Competitive Grants Program...
