Team Nutrition

Team Nutrition is an integrated, behavior-based, comprehensive plan for promoting the nutritional health of the Nation's school children. The U.S. Department of Agriculture — Food and Nutrition Services developed Team Nutrition in response to the need to improve the nutritional quality of meals served in schools and the school nutrition environment.

Wisconsin schools and childcare facilities are making effective strides to address the nutritional health and fitness of children and families. The goal of this website is to share those successes, to provide the tools and materials necessary to assist other schools and childcares in their efforts and to encourage all schools and community partners to become involved in addressing children's nutrition and fitness.

The Importance of Family Meals

Celebrate Family Day Every Day

Family Day promotes the family dinner as a way for parents to become actively involved in their children's lives. Support materials include

• Cover letter from the State Superintendent Burmaster
• Family Day Brochure.
• Poster.
• State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster issued a Family Day editorial urging schools, teachers, and families to promote and celebrate Wisconsin Family Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children. The editorial, “Family dinners promote better school performance,” is posted on the Department of Public Instruction news release website.
• This year, Family Day is September 24, 2007. For more information: www.casafamilyday.org

Schools

Improving the School Nutrition and Physical Activity Environments

Supports for schools include

• What's Right for Kids — Improving the School Nutrition Environment Booklet
• What's Right for Kids — Eat Smart. Be Active, Walk the Talk Poster
• Assessment and Action Plan Forms and Worksheets are available by contacting Jill Camber Davidson
• DPI School Wellness Policy website.
• School Wellness: DPI Nutrition Education website.

Promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity through Service-Learning

• Toolkit for Nutrition and Fitness through Service-Learning — the Noun and Adverb Initiatives
• Noun and Adverb Poster: Live Well, Eat Smart, Play Hard. Contact Jill Camber Davidson

Child Care

Improving the Childcare Nutrition Environment

Supports for childcare centers and homes include

• What's Right for Young Children — Improving the Childcare Nutrition Environment 
• What's Right for Young Children II - Childcare Gardens
• To order a copy of either of these publications, contact Jill Camber Davidson.

Action for Healthy Kids

A National and State Initiative to Take Action for Children's Nutrition and Fitness

• National Initiative
• WI Action for Healthy Kids Coalition

For questions about this information, contact Jill A. Camber Davidson (608) 264-6700

Last updated on 2/25/2008 9:08:27 AM