Emphasizing Nutrition and Physical Activity

The Healthy Lifestyles Initiative provides PTAs with education and tools to partner with schools and advocate for healthy changes in nutrition and physical activity. In a healthy school:

• All foods, beverages and snacks sold or served meet National School Nutrition Standards.

• All students have opportunities to be physically active for at least 60 minutes on a regular basis.

• All students have access to regular physical education.

• District wide wellness policies are developed, implemented and evaluated with input from students, parents, staff and interested community members.

What PTAs Can Do

• Support Healthy School Meals
• Advocate for more physical activity and physical education in schools
  
• Establish School Wellness Policies
• Model positive health behaviors at your PTA meetings and fundraisers
  
• Participate in National PTA's Healthy Lifestyles Month

Learn More

• Healthy Schools Program (Alliance for a Healthier Generation): An evidence-based initiative that will helps schools improve physical education, health education, and nutrition.
• Parents for Healthy Schools (CDC): A a set of resources to help schools, PTAs and school wellness committees engage parents to create healthy school environments.
• Fuel Up to Play 60 (National Dairy Council and the NFL): An in-school nutrition and physical activity program to help students make positive changes in their schools.
• Thriving Schools (Kaiser Permanente): A targeted, multiyear initiative offering free tools and resources to improve the health of students, staff and teachers in K–12 schools.