School Lunches
Dear HealthyPlanet Members and Friends,
You’re invited to our next monthly Healthy School Lunch Program (HSLP) Action Meeting. These meetings are an opportunity for us to jointly create a plan and provide an ongoing support system to aid you in making a difference in your school’s lunch program. We have been helping people to create this kind of powerful change for the over a decade.
Every major health organization in America is stressing the urgent need for nutritional education in schools. Part of this urgency is the result of the “obesity epidemic” in America. The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased threefold or more over the last 30 years. During roughly the same time period, consumption of fast foods by children has increased by a stunning 500% and junk food advertising aimed at children continues unchecked. This has raised serious public health concerns that need to be addressed.
Our Healthy School Lunch Program is designed to educate parents, administrators, students and entire communities on the importance of healthful food choices and the dangers of junk food. We empower community members to take an active role in creating powerful changes in their districts. Our staff members have implemented this program in dozens of schools across Long Island and NYC since 1995.
