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Prohibit school practices that encourage students to make unhealthy dietary choices. Such practices include campus advertising; marketing of foods and beverages that are high in fat, sodium, or have added sugars; using low nutritive foods to reward students; or withholding food as punishment.
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School-business partnerships should meet identified educational needs, not solely
commercial motives. Schools should refrain from promoting products to students
that result in consumption of foods that do not conform to the recommendations
of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (23). To do so risks
contradicting healthy eating messages that students receive elsewhere at school
and raises ethical questions about advertising and business involvement in the
school.
Food should not be used as a reward. By providing food as a reward for good behavior, some children learn to use food for comfort and consolation, which can lead to overeating and obesity. |
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Robelen EW. Commercialism in schools: supporting students or selling access. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, ASCD Infobrief No. 15, November 1998.
US Department of Agriculture. Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2000. 5th ed. Washington, DC: US Department of Agriculture; 2000.
US Department of Health and Human Services. The Surgeon General's call to action to prevent and decrease overweight and obesity. Rockville, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General; 2001. Available from: US GPO, Washington. Pp 19-21.
US Food and Nutrition Service. Changing the Scene: Improving the School Nutrition Environment. A Guide to Local Action. Washington, DC: US Department of Agriculture; 2000.
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