You know how important it is to help kids build healthy habits as they learn the importance of a balanced diet and exercise. Here’s how you can support the guidelines as a way to teach kids in schools about good nutrition.
- Learn more about the national School Beverage Guidelines and the other available resources
- Educate your peers and perhaps patients or clients about the guidelines so they can do their part
- Encourage newspaper editors, school board members and your state and local elected officials to support the guidelines and do all they can to get them implemented
- Support nationwide efforts to get the guidelines implemented by posting a Web button, sharing information with friends and colleagues and signing up for news updates
Learn more about the national School Beverage Guidelines
School Beverage Guidelines: For a full description of the guidelines and their role in schools, visit our Guidelines page. You can also download a .pdf file of the guidelines for all grade levels.
Research and Frequently Asked Questions: This information will provide you with answers and insight into nutrition in schools and the guidelines.
Educate your Peers
Download this informational brochure and distribute it to your peers, patients and/or clients.
Encourage Others
You can make a difference in your community by informing your elected leaders, peers, and local newspaper about the guidelines’ balanced, common sense approach to beverages in schools.
Click here to send an email to your state and local elected officials expressing your support for the guidelines and their implementation.
Click here to send an email to your local media urging them to express support for the guidelines and their implementation.
Support nationwide efforts
The national School Beverage Guidelines have been endorsed by 88% of doctors nationwide (Public Opinion Strategies survey, May 2007). Join health professionals across the country in helping spread the word about the national School Beverage Guidelines and their role in teaching children the importance of a balanced diet and exercise.
Post a School Beverage Guidelines Web button on your site to connect visitors here.
Sign-up for regular updates to stay informed about the national School Beverage Guidelines and available resources.
Inform your friends and colleagues by forwarding them a link to this Web site.