The Importance of Nutrition Education in the 2015 Child Nutrition Reauthorization: Recommendations to Congress
Congress is currently drafting the 2015 Child Nutrition Act, which oversees federal nutrition assistance programs for children. Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) provides important opportunities for nutrition education to be combined with access to healthy
foods, maximizing CNR’s ability to improve our children’s health. When children have motivation, knowledge, skills, and a supportive environment they are more enthusiastic about eating healthy meals and snacks.
Our
new issue brief makes specific recommendations to Congress on how to strengthen nutrition education in child nutrition programs and lays out the science behind effective nutrition education policies.
In
the brief, we propose
four aligned strategies to strengthen nutrition education in the 2015 Child Nutrition Reauthorization:
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Assess the effectiveness of and coordination between nutrition education within the Child Nutrition Programs as well as programs implemented through other agencies throughout the
federal government that include nutrition education.
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Provide additional resources, including breastfeeding support, for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to meet demand and maximize
the cost savings of this program.
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Support the implementation of updated nutrition standards and evidence-based nutrition education for young children in early childcare settings.
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Implement the 2015 Farm to School Act to help meet school districts’ demand for nutrition education programs that teach children about food from the farm to the fork.
You can
find the entire brief here, along with our
2-pager about the importance of children's nutrition education for federal child nutrition programs.
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