Nutrition education in the K-12 curriculum : the role of national standards : workshop summary / Steve Olson and Sheila Moats, rapporteurs ; Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olsen, Steven, contributor.

Moats, Sheila, contributor.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Food and Nutrition Board, issuing body.

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nutrition--United States--Study and teaching--Congresses.

Nutrition.

Health education--United States--Standards--Congresses.

Health education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The childhood obesity epidemic and related health consequences are urgent public health problems. Approximately one-third of America's young people are overweight or obese. Health problems once seen overwhelmingly in adults, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension, are increasingly appearing in youth. Though the health of Americans has improved in many broad areas for decades, increases in obesity could erode these and future improvements. The IOM report Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation recognized the importance of the school environment in addressing the epidemic and recommended making schools a focal point for obesity prevention. The development and implementation of K-12 nutrition benchmarks, guides, or standards (for a discussion of these terms, see the next section of this chapter) would constitute a critical step in achieving this recommendation. National nutrition education curriculum standards could have a variety of benefits, including the following: Improving the consistency and effectiveness of nutrition education in schools; Preparing and training teachers and other education staff to help them provide effective nutrition education; Assisting colleges and universities in the development of courses in nutrition as part of teacher certification and in updating methods courses on how to integrate nutrition education in subject-matter areas in the classroom and in materials; and Establishing a framework for future collaborative efforts and partnerships to improve nutrition education. Nutrition Education in the K-12 Curriculum: The Role of National Standards is a summary of the workshop's presentations and discussions prepared from the workshop transcript and slides. This summary presents recommendations made by individual speakers.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction and Themes of the Workshop""; ""2 The Current Opportunity""; ""3 The Context for Change""; ""4 Lessons Learned from Federal Programs""; ""5 Lessons Learned from State and Local Experiences""; ""6 Perspectives from Educators""; ""7 Teacher Preparation and Training""; ""8 Developing and Implementing K-12 National Nutrition Education Curriculum Standards""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Statement of Task and Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Moderator and Speaker Biographical Sketches""; ""Appendix C: Workshop Attendees""

""Appendix D: Abbreviations and Acronyms""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 7, 2014).

ISBN:

9780309287227

0309287227

9780309287203

0309287200

OCLC:

881805359