Food for Thought: Healthy Food Guidelines for Schools

Promoting healthy behaviors among students is an important role of the school, administrators, teachers and parents. In this booklet, you will find practical tips for making healthy, appealing foods available to students in schools.

These suggestions have been gathered from teachers, parents, school administrators and health professionals across Kentucky and the United States.  This is its second edition, published in 2006.

NOTE: This document is laid out in booklet format for printing. For best results, it should be printed in color. This version is a 3-MB "PDF" file.  Clickhere to download a PDF version of the document. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader.

For permission to reprint and distribute, contact Marilyn Peterson at  Marilyn.Peterson@ky.gov.

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