The Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project just released new materials that help to clarify the facts about updated school meal guidelines. I hope that you would be able to share these with your networks/colleagues to demonstrate that students have access to nutritious and filling options under the standards.
The tools available include:
- Graphic<http://www.healthyschoolfoodsnow.org/five-facts-you-should-know-about-school-meals/> showing five of the most important facts about school meal guidelines
- Video<http://www.healthyschoolfoodsnow.org/?p=3287&preview=true> featuring Sam Kass from the White House, Audrey Rowe from USDA, National PTA president Betsy Landers, Marla Caplon from Montgomery County Public Schools, Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project director Jessica Donze Black, and two Montgomery County, MD high school students
- Photo gallery<http://www.healthyschoolfoodsnow.org/todays-menu-a-high-schools-hearty-and-healthy-lunch-2/> of a school lunch served at Sherwood High School in Montgomery County, MD
See the sample tweets and Facebook posts below my signature that can be used to promote this content. Feel free to use or edit them to meet your needs.
Below the tweets is contact information for Michelle Cardoso with Pew - please send any comments or questions her way! Thank you in advance for helping us to spread the word.
Tracy Fox, MPH, RD
President, Food, Nutrition & Policy Consultants, LLC
Washington, DC
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@TracyFoxRD
cell: 301-922-3570
- Tweets
o WATCH: Video explains healthy updates to school meals. http://ow.ly/h6gNO #schoolfoodsrule
o What do healthy meals look like? Photos of a high school lunch in MD show they're nutritious and filling. http://ow.ly/h6EYT
o From calories, to fruits & veggies, to obesity prevention - here are 5 things you need to know about school meals:http://ow.ly/h6e56
- Facebook Posts
o What's for lunch? School meal nutrition standards are paving the way for healthier meal options for students. These five facts break down the guidelines, talk about menus and address questions about portion sizes.
* Link to: http://www.healthyschoolfoodsnow.org/five-facts-you-should-know-about-school-meals/
o What does a school meal look like? Sherwood High School in Montgomery County, MD opened its doors to show the hearty and healthy lunches served to students every day. The offerings are nutritious, filling and meet USDA's updated guidelines.
* Link to: http://www.healthyschoolfoodsnow.org/todays-menu-a-high-schools-hearty-and-healthy-lunch-2/
o How have school meals changed this year? Watch as students and experts from the White House, USDA and National PTA react to the updated nutrition guidelines and explain what they mean for kids across the country.
* Link to: http://www.healthyschoolfoodsnow.org/?p=3287&preview=true
Michelle Cardoso
Associate
Pew Health Group, Communications
901 E Street, North West, Washington, DC 20004
p: 202-540-6816 | e: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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