Annual Conference
Conference Session
2013-11-17
"From Classroom to Cafeteria: nutrition education in the classroom impacting student food choices in the cafeteria and at home"Key Areas: Nutrition/Nutrition Education
Session: Session F - Sunday, November 17th: 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. - Mesquite DE
Speaker(s): Shannan D. Young, RDN, SNS
Lenea Pollett
Rene Yamashiro
Objectives: Objective: At the end of the session, participants will:
- Verbalize CSNA's legislative position for nutrition education and the importance of incorporating it into the pre-k through 12th grade curricula and how it supports child nutrition programs.
- Know what research has found regarding classroom nutrition education, it impact on student food choices, and what the public believes schools can do.
- Discover how the comprehensive nutrition education program works in California schools.
Description: Hungry for nutrition education in your schools? It is the position of CSNA that sequential, standards based nutrition education be incorporated into pre-k through 12th grade curricula. Research supports this, community stakeholders support this, the Institute of Medicine supports this, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation supports this, does your school district? Together we will examine the research on how nutrition education influences students' food choices and motivates them to eat a healthy diet. You will find out what the Dairy Council of California, the #1 provider of teacher-delivered nutrition curriculum in California schools, as well as the Alliance for a Healthier Generation is doing to support comprehensive nutrition education programs. Finally, you will hear from a classroom teacher on ways to gain teacher support for your district's nutrition education program.
Speaker Bio(s):
Shannan D. Young, RDN, SNS
Speaker Bio:
Shannan Young works for the Dairy Council of California as a Senior Project Manager specializing in providing technical assistance to school food service departments in their efforts to support students' wellness and academic success. She has over 18 years' experience in providing state and local level leadership in building comprehensive nutrition education programs in California schools. This includes working as a Nutrition Education Consultant for the California Department of Education (CDE) and as a Nutrition Specialist for the Elk Grove Unified School District. She is a registered dietitian and credentialed school nutrition specialist through the School Nutrition Association and received her Bachelor of Science degree in community nutrition from University of California, Davis.
Lenea Pollett
Speaker Bio:
Lenea is a Program Manager for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, which is an initiative founded by the William J. Clinton and American Heart Association Foundation to reduce childhood obesity. The "Alliance" is currently supporting 18,000 schools nationally to implement a healthier environment for students. The comprehensive wellness categories addressed are: policy, school meals, competitive foods and beverages, health and physical education, and staff and student wellness. She has worked in over 20 school districts in California for the Network for a Healthy California for eight years; as well as, taught nutrition at the university level for 15 years. Lenea completed her undergraduate studies at California State University, Long Beach and graduate work at Loma Linda University.
Rene Yamashiro
Speaker Bio:
Rene' Yamashiro is the Food Service Director at the Roseville City School District and manages the school nutrition program for over 17,000 students in two elementary school districts in Roseville.
She is a past president of the California School Nutrition Association (CSNA) and now for a 3rd term, Public Policy and Legislative Chair for CSNA.
She has been in the school nutrition business for over 23 years.
She is a past president of the California School Nutrition Association (CSNA) and now for a 3rd term, Public Policy and Legislative Chair for CSNA.
She has been in the school nutrition business for over 23 years.
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