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Nutrition

• Fact Sheet - Creating hunger-free schools through the Community Eligibility Provision (3/15)
• Governance Brief - Starting a Breakfast After the Bell Program Joint publication of CSBA and California Food Policy Advocates (8/14)
• Breakfast In The Classroom - CSBA video showcasing the potential benefits of school breakfast practices (4/14)
• The Water Works Implementation Guide can help districts develop a comprehensive program to increase safe, appealing, low-cost drinking water sources. It also provides ideas, materials, and resources to help you increase water consumption as well as evaluate the impact of your water program.
• Progress on Childhood Obesity (2013): After decades of steady increases, obesity rates among preschool children from low-income families have declined in 18 states and one U.S. territory, according to this new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Changing Lives, Saving Lives: A Step-by-Step Guide to Developing Exemplary Practices in Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Food Security in After-school Programs Complete Guide - Reader-friendly (6MB PDF)  |  Printer-friendly (12MB PDF) To go to the website, click here. 
• Childhood Obesity - a journal focused on strategies to fight the childhood obesity epidemic.
• Improving Student Nutrition and Academic Achievement through School Breakfast Programs (5/12) 
• Cafeteria Funds/Accounts–Reminders and Resources (5/12) 
• Expanding School Breakfast Programs to Improve Student Learning (7/11)  
• NSBA policy guide Safe at School and Ready to Learn: A Comprehensive Policy Guide for Protecting Students with Life-Threatening Food Allergies - to help school leaders establish policies and practices that support the safety, well-being, and academic success of students with life-threatening food allergies.

Related links

• Making It Happen! School Nutrition Success Stories - Tells the stories of schools and school districts that have implemented innovative strategies to improve the nutritional quality of foods and beverages sold outside of Federal meal programs. Centers for Disease Control. 
• California Food Policy Advocates: Improving Meal Quality in California's Schools - Provides school-based strategies to prevent hunger and obesity among children. September 2002.
• California Project LEAN
• California Healthy Kids Resource Center - At this CDC site, teachers may borrow health education materials, learn of research-validated prevention programs, identify professional development opportunities and view other legal, assessment and planning tools.
• California Center for Public Health Advocacy - This non-profit organization raises awareness about public health issues and mobilizes communities to promote effective policies.