| Saint Paul Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved Wellness Policy # 533 on May 16, 2006, during their regular Board of Education meeting. The policy was developed in accordance with a new federal law, the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization, section 204 of Public Law 108-265. Although this was a federal requirement, they were already laying the foundation for a wellness policy because they knew that improving the health of students was essential for optimal learning. A wellness policy is designed to promote students’ healthy eating, physical activity, and other health-related support. The Wellness Policy takes effect immediately.
Are you one of the millions of Americans that could use some help or encouragement in getting healthy? This web page isn't just for the overweight but for people trying to quit smoking,wanting to eat better or live more active lives.
Congratulations for taking that first step! Wanting or thinking about making a change. Now comes the next step - actually doing something about it. There are several links and tools to help you.
Some of the tools that may help you are:
- Get nutritional information on Elementary menus for the day by clicking on the star.
- Get nutritional information for individual items on the menus by clicking on the item in the menu.
- Weekly worksheet for you to keep track of the calories that you eat in a day. There's also a place for you to keep track of the amount of exercise or steps in a day and a place for you to write how your day went.
- Sample menus with calories listed.
- Tips on how you can lower your calories.
Hopefully this information will help you Step It Up!
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