In response to the growing concern of obesity, Spokane Public Schools is determing the best practices for nutrition and fitness that will create an environment that values nutrition and fitness for a life time.

Nutrition Guides

• Snack Party incentive guidelines

Policies and Procedures

• Food & Beverage Sales Policy 8130
• Food & Beverage Sales Procedure 8130
• Nutrition & Fitness Policy 8140
• Nutrition & Fitness Procedure 8140

Nutrition and Physical Fitness Health Advisory Committee Work

• Health Advisory Committee Meeting Notes:
  • January 18, 2006

Task Force Meeting Design/Minutes/Loopouts

• Nutrition & Fitness Report
• Nutrition & Fitness Task Force Review (PowerPoint)
• Nutrition and Fitness Task Force Model/Design
• Task Force Minutes:
  • February 23, 2005
  • January 6, 2005
• Loop Outs:
  • Citizen Advisory Committee
  • District Leadership Council
  • High School Principals
  • Nutrition & Fitness Task Force
  • Nutrition Services Leadership
  • Teachers & Coaches
  • Teaching & Learning Directors
  • ASB Students
  • Elementary Principals
  • Middle School Principals
  • DECA Marketing Teacher Feedback

Web Resources

• Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on Soft Drinks 2004
• Action For Healthy Kids
• CDC (Center for Disease Control) Nutrition
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
• Eat 5 to 9 A Day, National Cancer Institute
• Everett Nutrition Policy No. 8211
• Healthy Schools in Washington
• Local Wellness Policy
• Making It Happen: Team Nutrition USDA
• Model School Wellness Policies
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Obesity Education Initiative
• Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Evaluation on School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies
• School Health Index, CDC
• School Nutrition Association Local Wellness Policy Guidelines
• Seattle Nutrition Food Sale Procedure
• Senate Bill 5436
• Texas Public School Nutrition Policy at a Glance
• Texas School Food & Nutrition Division
• US Senate Bill S.2507 Local Wellness Policy
• USDA Food & Nutrition Service Power Panther
• VERB, It's What You Do
• Weight-control Information Network Statistics, US Dept of Health & Human Services
• WSSDA Nutrition & Physical Fitness Policy No. 6700
• WSSDA Nutrition & Physical Fitness Policy No. 6700P