Connecting Families and Schools for Healthy Eating Active Living

[Maj2Mcharg]

This sounds like a great outreach program, but please....the principal is so overweight.  What message is this sending to the students? If we look around at the models, mentors, coaches, parents of children, chances are that we would find them overweight too. It is a complex societal problem and not just an issue with children. I'm glad you titled this "Connecting families and schools...."

[rjenki961]

This is an awesome program! However, I take issue with one thing that was said, "schools provide state regulated foods but nobody is monitoring what kids are eating at home." This implies that school lunches and breakfasts are healthy. Our school regularly serves pizza, breaded nuggets, and funnel cake. Anyone who knows anything about nutrition knows those foods are not healthy. And that is at the elementary level. In HS they have a choice & many of those choices are NOT healthy, including soda.