Childhood Obesity—Be Part of the Solution in New Jersey
A Toolkit for Advocating for Childhood Obesity Prevention In Your Local School District

Programs to Improve School Health/Getting Involved in School Wellness

• Action for Healthy Kids
• New Jersey Action for Healthy Kids 
• CDC Coordinated School Health
•  Fuel up to play 60-National Dairy Council/NFL
• Healthier US School Challenge
•  Let's Move Campaign
•  Chefs Move to Schools - USDA
•  Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools
•  The President's Challenge
•  Alliance for a Healthier Generation
•  School Health Index
•  Students Taking Charge
•  Making Schools the Model for Healthier Enviroments Toolkit, Robert Wiid Johnson Foundation

Download Resources as Adobe PDF's Below:
Programs to Improve School Health-Getting Involved in School Wellness

•  School Health Council Guide
• School Nutrition Success Stories
•  SCHOOL WELLNESS COUNCIL BROCHURE
•  Strategy at a Glance - Active Engagement in Quality PE
•  Strategy at a Glance - Active School Wellness Councils
•  Strategy at a Glance - Advocating for Increased School Meal Subsidy
•  Strategy at a Glance - Enhancing the School Wellness Policy
•  Strategy at a Glance - Improving School Meal Infrastructure 
• Strategy at a Glance - School Day PA
•  Working_wSchoolPrograms
• DistPlcy_HealthyVending
•  EnforceWellnssPlcy_FactSheet
•  Fuel Up to Play 60_FUTP60 Program Overview Fact Sheet
•  Fuel Up to Play 60_Getting Involved in FUTP60- HP Handout
•  Guide to Community School Health
•  Make a Difference
  
  

Farm to School and School Gardens

• National Farm to School Network
• New Jersey Farm to School Network 
• Princeton School Gardens Coop 
• Checklist for Starting a School Garden (NJ Farm to School Network) 
• Community Food Security Coalition, National Farm to School Program 
• School Garden Weekly 
• USDA Agriculture in the Classroom

 Download Resources as Adobe PDF's Below:

•  Nourishing the nation one tray at a time
• School Garden Checklist

School Lunch/Breakfast Programs

• National School Lunch Program
• School Breakfast Program
• Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) Overview of Federal Food and Nutrition Programs 
• School Nutrition Association Local School Wellness Policies Resources
• Center for Science in the Public Interest—School Foods Toolkit
• Eat Breakfast-Change Your Life
  

Download Resources as Adobe PDF's Below:

• Breakfast in the Classroom Exhibit Handout, NJ
•  Breakfast Fact Sheet 
• FRAC School Breakfast Scorecard 2010- NJ
• Letter-Breakfast-In-Classroom
•  USDA 10 Reasons to Try BIC Handout
  

Download Resources as WORD Doc's Below:

• SchoolBreakfast_Benefits_KER
•  SchoolBreakfast_PrincipalLetter_KER
•  SchoolBreakfast_TalkingPoints_KER
  

Obesity Prevention Resources

• Shaping NJ
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-Childhood Obesity 
• American Dietetic Association/ADAF Kids Eat Right member volunteer site 
• American Dietetic Association/ADAF Kids Eat Right public site
  

Download Resources as Adobe PDF's Below:

• FNPAReport_2011
• TaskForce_on_Childhood_Obesity_May2010_FullReport