Make a Difference at Your School!

Make a Difference at Your School! The research-based strategies outlined in Make a Difference at Your School! are described in:

The Role of Schools in Preventing Childhood Obesity
The State Education Standard 2004;5(2):4-12.

See also Childhood Overweight
for more facts, resources, and links.

For information about educational programs and websites, click here.

You can make a difference at your school this year by following these steps:

Step 1: See what you can do to get started. Find other students,parents, teachers, or administrators who also want your school to
be a healthy school.

Step 2: Choose one of these 10 key strategies and implement it.

Step 3: Share your success story so others can learn new ways to improve the health of young people at school.