Schools as a system to improve nutrition: A new statement for school-based food and nutrition interventions

This paper asserts that schools offer a unique platform from which to realize multiple benefits for children and their communities, while helping to achieve the SDGs. Furthermore, schools can exert influence beyond the student population, serving as a foundation for the involvement of teachers, pare...

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Main Authors: Hunter, D., Giyose, B., PoloGalante, A., Tartanac, Florence, Bundy, D., Mitchell, Arlene, Moleah, T., Friedrich, J., Alderman, Harold, Drake, Lesley, Kupka, Roland, Marshall, Quinn, Engesveen, K., Oenema, Stineke
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Language:Inglés
Published: United Nations Systems Standing Committee on Nutrition 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89401
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author Hunter, D.
Giyose, B.
PoloGalante, A.
Tartanac, Florence
Bundy, D.
Mitchell, Arlene
Moleah, T.
Friedrich, J.
Alderman, Harold
Drake, Lesley
Kupka, Roland
Marshall, Quinn
Engesveen, K.
Oenema, Stineke
author_browse Alderman, Harold
Bundy, D.
Drake, Lesley
Engesveen, K.
Friedrich, J.
Giyose, B.
Hunter, D.
Kupka, Roland
Marshall, Quinn
Mitchell, Arlene
Moleah, T.
Oenema, Stineke
PoloGalante, A.
Tartanac, Florence
author_facet Hunter, D.
Giyose, B.
PoloGalante, A.
Tartanac, Florence
Bundy, D.
Mitchell, Arlene
Moleah, T.
Friedrich, J.
Alderman, Harold
Drake, Lesley
Kupka, Roland
Marshall, Quinn
Engesveen, K.
Oenema, Stineke
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description This paper asserts that schools offer a unique platform from which to realize multiple benefits for children and their communities, while helping to achieve the SDGs. Furthermore, schools can exert influence beyond the student population, serving as a foundation for the involvement of teachers, parents and other community members. Intervention can catalyze community development, bring about social protection and economic empowerment, influence agricultural production systems to deliver diverse and nutritious foods, promote lifelong healthy-eating habits, and address basic health, hygiene, and sanitation issues that affect wellbeing. By providing a better health and living environment, schools have the potential to not only support education, but also underpin mainstream nutrition activities in communities and advance child development (Patton et al. 2016).
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spelling CGSpace894012025-12-09T21:37:15Z Schools as a system to improve nutrition: A new statement for school-based food and nutrition interventions Hunter, D. Giyose, B. PoloGalante, A. Tartanac, Florence Bundy, D. Mitchell, Arlene Moleah, T. Friedrich, J. Alderman, Harold Drake, Lesley Kupka, Roland Marshall, Quinn Engesveen, K. Oenema, Stineke nutrition schools school children school feeding improvement This paper asserts that schools offer a unique platform from which to realize multiple benefits for children and their communities, while helping to achieve the SDGs. Furthermore, schools can exert influence beyond the student population, serving as a foundation for the involvement of teachers, parents and other community members. Intervention can catalyze community development, bring about social protection and economic empowerment, influence agricultural production systems to deliver diverse and nutritious foods, promote lifelong healthy-eating habits, and address basic health, hygiene, and sanitation issues that affect wellbeing. By providing a better health and living environment, schools have the potential to not only support education, but also underpin mainstream nutrition activities in communities and advance child development (Patton et al. 2016). 2017 2017-11-14T13:22:51Z 2017-11-14T13:22:51Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89401 en Open Access application/pdf United Nations Systems Standing Committee on Nutrition Hunter, D.; Giyose, B.; PoloGalante, A.; Tartanac, F.; Bundy, D.; Mitchell, A.; Moleah, T.; Friedrich, J.; Alderman, A.; Drake, L.; Kupka, R.; Marshall, Q.; Engesveen, K.; Oenema, S. (2017) Schools as a system to improve nutrition: A new statement for school-based food and nutrition interventions. UNSCN Discussion Paper Rome (Italy): United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition. 64 p.
spellingShingle nutrition
schools
school children
school feeding
improvement
Hunter, D.
Giyose, B.
PoloGalante, A.
Tartanac, Florence
Bundy, D.
Mitchell, Arlene
Moleah, T.
Friedrich, J.
Alderman, Harold
Drake, Lesley
Kupka, Roland
Marshall, Quinn
Engesveen, K.
Oenema, Stineke
Schools as a system to improve nutrition: A new statement for school-based food and nutrition interventions
title Schools as a system to improve nutrition: A new statement for school-based food and nutrition interventions
title_full Schools as a system to improve nutrition: A new statement for school-based food and nutrition interventions
title_fullStr Schools as a system to improve nutrition: A new statement for school-based food and nutrition interventions
title_full_unstemmed Schools as a system to improve nutrition: A new statement for school-based food and nutrition interventions
title_short Schools as a system to improve nutrition: A new statement for school-based food and nutrition interventions
title_sort schools as a system to improve nutrition a new statement for school based food and nutrition interventions
topic nutrition
schools
school children
school feeding
improvement
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89401
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