Healthy Schools - Publications

The publications available here are primarily designed to help administrators, teachers, trustees and health promotion professionals enhance health in schools, but may also be of use to parents and students.

• The Healthy Living For Families booklets are designed to help you make smart healthy choices, with tips on everything from healthy eating on the run to being active together as a family. You'll also find some guidelines on things like choosing healthier foods and balancing different kinds of physical activity.
  
  • Grades K - 3, Healthy Living For Families: Helping your Child with Healthy Eating and Physical Activity at Home [PDF - 2.53MB]
  • Grades 4 - 7, Healthy Living For Families: Helping your Child with Healthy Eating and Physical Activity at Home [PDF - 3.64MB]
  • Grades 8 - 9, Healthy Living For Families: Helping your Child with Healthy Eating and Physical Activity at Home [PDF - 3.32MB]
  • Grade 10 - 12, Healthy Living For Families: Helping you with Healthy Eating and Physical Activity at Home [PDF - 2.17MB]

• School Food Sales and Policies Provincial Report II (2008) [365KB]
  The School Food Sales and Policies Provincial Report II (2008) measures progress on the elimination of unhealthy foods and beverages in BC public schools since 2005, and assesses the impact of the Guidelines for Food and Beverages (2005) on reaching this goal. The report also assesses the economic impact of school food and beverage sales, identifies opportunities for action, and highlights examples of progress in schools and districts province-wide.

• The School Food Sales and Policies Provincial Report (2005) [127KB] examines the status of food sales in BC schools; the extent to which 'more healthy’ or ‘less healthy’ choices are offered; and the degree to which nutrition policies have been, or are being, implemented. [French version - 245KB]

• BC school Guidelines for Food and Beverage Sales In BC Schools (Revised September 2007) [1.03MB] are designed to maximize students’ access to healthier options. The province’s goal is to fully eliminate the sale of unhealthy foods and beverages in BC schools by January 2008 (Elementary Schools), September 2008 (Middle and Secondary Schools) French version [272KB]

• Schools and districts are encouraged to work with students, teachers, parents and others to develop strategies for implementing these guidelines. FAQs for Education Professionals [48KB].

• Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Learning Resource is a Kindergarten to Grade 10 grade-by-grade set of healthy eating and physical activity classroom-based lesson plans for the BC public school system. Ministry of Health, in partnership with Ministry of Education, developed the learning resources in consultation with students, teachers and health professionals. They are congruent with and meet minimum prescribed learning outcomes in Health and Career Education from Kindergarten to Grade 9 and Planning 10.

  Grade 8, 9 and 10 have been distributed to public and independent schools across the province. French translated versions will be available in spring 2008. Kindergarten to Grade 7 will be available Fall 2008 (Stay tuned).

  Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Learning Resource

  • Grade 8 [PDF - 1.45MB]
  • Grade 9 [PDF - 1.84MB]
  • Grade 10 [PDF - 656KB]

Tools for Healthy Eating

• Quick Reference for Healthier Food Choices [PDF - 17KB] (updated November 29, 2007)

• Caffeine and the Student Body Fact Sheet [PDF - 276KB] (updated November 29, 2007)

• Criteria Chart for Food and Beverage Sales Guidelines [PDF - 564KB]

• Dental Health: School Food and Beverage Sales Fact Sheet [PDF - 192KB] (updated November 29, 2007)

• Healthier Foods: How To Make Fun-Fast-Food Healthier For Students Fact Sheet [PDF - 280KB] (updated November 29, 2007)

• How Sweet it is!: What Schools Need to Know About Sugar and Artificial Sweeteners Fact Sheet [PDF - 204KB] (updated November 29, 2007)

• Tool for Stocking Healthy Foods in Schools [PDF - 32KB] [MS Word - 172KB] (updated November 29, 2007)

• School Vending Machines: Steps to Meeting the Guidelines
  [PDF - 384KB]

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