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The school setting: an opportunity for the implementation of dietary guidelines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2001

Carmen Pérez-Rodrigo ,
Knut-Inge Klepp ,
Agneta Yngve ,
Michael Sjöström ,
Lynn Stockley  and
Javier Aranceta
Carmen Pérez-Rodrigo*
Affiliation:
Community Nutrition Unit, Bilbao Department of Public Health, Luis Brinas 18; 3 Planta, E 4801 3 Bilbao, Spain
Knut-Inge Klepp
Affiliation:
institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, P O Box 104, Oslo, Norway
Agneta Yngve
Affiliation:
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden
Michael Sjöström
Affiliation:
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden
Lynn Stockley
Affiliation:
Food & Nutrition Consultant, Timberland, Mill Hill, Brockweir, nr Chepstow, Gloucestershire, NP16 7NN, UK
Javier Aranceta
Affiliation:
Community Nutrition Unit, Bilbao Department of Public Health, Luis Brinas 18; 3 Planta, E 4801 3 Bilbao, Spain
*
*Corresponding author: Email [email protected]
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Abstract

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Nutrition, physical activity and health related promotion programmes in schools have developed into a mature field of research over the past decades. A number of success factors have been identified and evidence-based interventions have been performed. However, the school setting as an arena for evidence-based health promotion programmes, is still not used to its full potential. Schools provide an excellent arena for reaching large segments of the population, such as young people, school staff, families and the surrounding community.

There is a need for an overview regarding the current status of nutrition, physical activity, related health as well as support structures in the EU member states. Based upon such an analysis, a consensus report should be written, pointing out the major problems at hand. Self-assessment tools for national as well as for school level should be produced, in order to guide changes, but also to include an element of continuous assessment of change, for evaluation purposes.

Keywords

SchoolDietPhysical activityDietary guidelinesHealth promotionNutrition educationIntervention
Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 4 , Issue 2b , April 2001 , pp. 717 - 724
Copyright
Copyright © CABI Publishing 2001

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