Provide learning opportunities to school staff about healthy eating, active living, and obesity prevention.

Sample Activities:

• Provide staff with messages about healthy eating and active living.
• Provide training to staff on physical activity, healthy food options, and the importance of modeling positive eating and activity behaviors.
• Provide and promote instruction on developmentally and culturally appropriate physical activity and nutrition, to include breastfeeding education.
• Provide existing school health services with community resources that can help families adopt healthy eating and active living practices.
• Complete the “Health Promotion for Staff” module of the School Health Index and incorporate into the school improvement plan.
• Consider implementing BMI for age screening.

Tools:

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation

School Employee Wellness: A Guide for Protecting the Assets of our Nation’s Schools

SC Healthy Options

Breastfeeding: First Step to Good Health - A Breastfeeding Education Activity Package for Grades K-12

Healthy Women Build Healthy Communities Toolkit

Make a Difference at Your School

School Health Index

Cooking with a Chef

Eat Well and Keep Moving

We Can! Energize our Families: Curriculum for Parents and Caregivers

Families Eating Smart Moving More

America On the Move

Safe Routes to School

SC Walk to School Day

BMI Measurement in Schools Executive Summary