Goals for Nutrition Education and Promotion
- Provide clients with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote and protect their health.
- Promote fruits, vegetables, and whole-grain products, low-fat and fat-free dairy products and healthy foods.
Goals for Physical Activity
- Promote the benefits of a physically active lifestlye and help clients develop skills to engage in lifelong health habits.
- Encourage classroom teachers to provide short physical activity breaks (3-5 minutes) as appropriate.
Goals for School Based Activities that Promote Student Wellness
- Permit clients to bring and carry water bottles filled with water throughout the day.
- Strive to provide clients with at least 20 minutes to eat after sitting down for breakfast and 20 minutes after sitting down for lunch.
School Breakfast Benefits
- Eating breakfast can help improve math, reading, and standardized test scores.
- Children who eat breakfast are more likely to behave better in school and get along with their peers than those who do not.
- Breakfast helps children pay attention, perform problem-solving tasks, and improves memory.
- Children who eat school breakfast are likely to have fewer absences and incidents of tardiness than those who do not
- Studies have shown that children who eat breakfast on a regular basis are less likely to be overweight.
- Schools that provide breakfast in the classroom to all students have shown decreases in tardiness and suspensions as well as improved student behavior and attentiveness.
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Four Week Cycle Menu
| Cycle 1 | ||
| Monday | Lunch | Fish sticks, Fritos, carrots, peaches, milk |
| Tuesday | Lunch | Salisbury Steak, buttered noodles, broccoli/cauliflower, pears, milk |
| Wednesday | Lunch | Deli sandwich, spring mix salad, mixed fruit, milk |
| Thursday | Lunch | Cheese pizza, green beans, peaches, cookie, milk |
| Friday | Lunch | Chicken nuggets, tri-taters, corn and black beans, apple slices, milk |
| Cycle 2 | ||
| Monday | Lunch | Deluxe beef nacho's, lettuce/tomatoes, refried beans, applesauce, milk |
| Tuesday | Lunch | Hamburger on a bun, tossed salad, peaches, milk |
| Wednesday | Lunch | Oven fried chicken, rice, green beans, bread and butter, pears, milk |
| Thursday | Lunch | Corn dogs, French fries, Carpi vegetables, peaches, milk |
| Friday | Lunch | Cheese and bean burrito, sun chips, lettuce, mixed fruit, milk |
| Cycle 3 | ||
| Monday | Lunch | Pizza, string cheese, broccoli, pears, milk |
| Tuesday | Lunch | Sweet and sour meatballs, rice, cukes, mandarin oranges, milk |
| Wednesday | Lunch | Roast Beef, sweet potatoes, mixed vegetables,peaches, milk |
| Thursday | Lunch | Chicken breast, tossed salad with Italian dressing, bread and butter apple, milk |
| Friday | Lunch | Meat spaghetti, cherry tomatoes, yogurt, peaches, milk |
| Cycle 4 | ||
| Monday | Lunch | Taco bake, Fritos, apple slices, milk |
| Tuesday | Lunch | Pizza, green beans, mix fruit, cookie, milk |
| Wednesday | Lunch | Chicken fajitas, rice, lettuce, peaches, milk |
| Thursday | Lunch | Waffles with syrup, scrambled eggs, hash brown potatoes, pears, milk |
| Friday | Lunch | Turkey Fritter, sunchips, carrots, apple sauce, milk |
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