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Why provide healthy food in school food services? Healthy students learn better. Research shows that well-nourished children learn better, behave better and feel better. To support classroom learning. Offering healthy food supports healthy lifestyle choices, which in turn reinforce curricula such as Health and Career Education, Food and Nutrition and Physical Education. For a healthy school environment. Preparing and offering healthy food shows a commitment to promoting healthy behaviours among students, staff, families and the community at large. Schools that put health first discover that they are also supporting learning and development in students, a sense of community, and social inclusion.

Meeting the Guidelines – where to begin Start with Canada’s Food Guide! The Guidelines are based on Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide (2007). Use the recommendations in the Food Guide to plan menus and prepare meals. This is the most important step in implementing the Guidelines. For information on school meal program planning, see the School Meal and School Nutrition Program Handbook (2010) at http://healthyschoolsbc.ca/program/587/schoolmeal-and-school-nutrition-program-handbook