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Public Health Law Center Comment on Proposed Topics for 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines (2018)

The Public Health Law Center comment in response to the proposed topics for the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Submitted March 30, 2018.

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Minnesota Farm to Child Care

Farm to Child Care strategies support good nutrition and active play in child care settings. The Public Health Law Center has developed a series of resources designed to help child care providers and other early childhood educators understand how Farm to Child Care strategies complement existing licensing, quality ratings, and best practices standards, and can be integrated into child care programs to support healthy child development.

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Drafting Effective Policies (2014)

This resource outlines different steps to draft an effective policy. It was developed for specifically for on-going Kansas efforts to improve the food and physical activity environment.  The tool is meant to be used in conjunction with technical assistance, including that provided by the Public Health Law Center. 

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Legal and Practical Considerations in the Operation of Federal School Nutrition Programs

This fact sheet provides an overview of key legal and practical considerations impacting the operation of federal school nutrition programs to support efforts obtain nutritious food for these programs.

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Feeding America’s Schoolchildren (2013)

This policy brief provides public health officials and other school stakeholders with an overview of legal and practical considerations impacting federal school nutrition programs.

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Feeding America's Schoolchildren: Resources for Public Health and School Stakeholders

These resources provide public health officials and other school stakeholders with an overview of legal and practical considerations impacting federal school nutrition programs.

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Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Initiatives and Liability: Opportunities, Perceptions & Realities

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Various public health policies have proven effective in promoting physical activity and reducing weight gain and obesity. Safe Routes to School (SRTS) initiatives are a topic of conversation in communities looking for ways to promote active transportation. SRTS programs encourage children to make walking and bicycling to school part of their daily routines. However, concerns over accidents, injuries and “liability” may not match the realities.  This webinar provides an overview of the development and implementation of successful SRTS initiatives. 

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Access to Healthy Food: Challenges and Opportunities

This document provides public health advocates, policymakers, and community organizers with an overview of key policy and legal strategies being pursued to reduce or prevent obesity by increasing access to healthy food.

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Addressing Childhood Obesity through School Food Procurement

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

This webinar provides an overview of why school food procurement is key to changing the nutritional quality of school meals.  Presenters highlight schools’ practices of procuring food for federally-funded school meal programs, the legal requirements schools must follow when procuring food, and schools’ opportunities to leverage procurement practices for the improvement of school nutrition.

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Building Effective and Sustainable Local Gardens to Promote Public Health, Part 1

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

This webinar series discusses role of local gardening efforts in promoting public health and reducing obesity and provide an overview of important legal and policy considerations impacting local gardening efforts. 

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Drafting Effective Public Health Policies

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Drafting effective policies is critical to achieving overall systems change.  Having clear policies helps to avoid confusion and controversy during the implementation phase.  This webinar provides tips and suggestions on challenges, and provide tools to overcome those hurdles. 

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Using School Wellness Policies to Advance Policy Change

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

This webinar provides an overview of school policies, explains the importance of a school health council, and outlines key tools to make school policy change a reality.

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Impacting the Food Environment through Procurement Policy Change

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

This webinar addresses how procurement policy change is being implemented across the country through government policy and in private and public organizations.  The webinar discusses the importance of procurement policies in creating a healthier work environment, how to successfully implement healthy procurement policies, and how to navigate different legal and policy issues that can arise with the implementation of healthy procurement policies.   

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School Breakfast: A Necessity for Good Health and Academic Achievement in Minnesota Schools (2011)

The School Breakfast program, a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has played an important role in the American school system for nearly fifty years. This fact sheet provides a summary of this program in Minnesota.

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Legal Issues Impacting Farm to School and School Gardens in Minnesota (2011)

This legal synopsis provides an overview of the key legal issues involved in farm to school and school garden programs in Minnesota.

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Sample School Wellness Policy Language: Healthy Fundraising (2011)

The Public Health Law Center has created a series of fact sheets with sample language for school wellness policies, specifically for Minnesota school districts and langauge relating to Healthy Fundraising.

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Sample School Wellness Policy Language: Healthy Concessions (2011)

The Public Health Law Center has created a series of fact sheets with sample language for school wellness policies, specifically for Minnesota school districts and langauge relating Healthy Concessions.

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Sample School Wellness Policy Language: Healthy Classroom (2011)

The Public Health Law Center has created a series of fact sheets with sample language for school wellness policies, specifically for Minnesota school districts and langauge relating to Healthy Classrooms.

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Sample School Wellness Policy Language: Farm to School (2011)

The Public Health Law Center has created a series of fact sheets with sample language for school wellness policies, specifically for Minnesota school districts and langauge relating to Farm to School.

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Sample School Wellness Policy Language: No Food as a Reward/Punishment (2011)

The Public Health Law Center has created a series of fact sheets with sample language for school wellness policies, specifically for Minnesota school districts and langauge relating to No Food as a Reward/Punishment.

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Sample School Wellness Policy Language: School Gardens (2011)

The Public Health Law Center has created a series of fact sheets with sample language for school wellness policies, specifically for Minnesota school districts and langauge relating to School Gardens.

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Creating And Sustaining A School Health Council (2011)

Developing a School Health Council is a critical step to promote health and wellness in the school setting. A School Health Council can play a critical role in monitoring the school’s environment to ensure that health and wellness concepts are consistently reinforced and to ensure community partnership in these efforts.

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Federal Menu Labeling Law (2011)

This fact sheet provides an overview of the menu labeling law, which was part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This law requires that large chain restaurants and similar retail food establishments, and certain owners and operators of vending machines, post calorie information on their menus or machines, and make other nutrition information available on request. The law also restricts what menu labeling laws state and local governments may adopt.

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Waivers and Releases: Managing Liability Risk For Youth Recreational Activities in Minnesota (2011)

This fact sheet provides an overview of liability and how waivers and releases can be used as a risk management strategy to limit liability exposure.

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Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: Submitting Comments to the USDA (2011)

The Act strengthens school food nutrition standards, increases access to and funding for school meals, and increases technical assistance to schools. It also strengthens school wellness policies, improves farm to school programs, expands afterschool meals programs for at-risk children, and establishes certification standards for food service personnel. In addition to this summary, the Public Health Law Center has created a set of fact sheets outlining several key areas of the Act, including how to submit comments to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: Afterschool Meal Program (2011)

The Act strengthens school food nutrition standards, increases access to and funding for school meals, and increases technical assistance to schools. It also strengthens school wellness policies, improves farm to school programs, expands afterschool meals programs for at-risk children, and establishes certification standards for food service personnel. In addition to this summary, the Public Health Law Center has created a set of fact sheets outlining several key areas of the Act, including the afterschool meal program.

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Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: Farm to School and Organic Foods (2011)

The Act strengthens school food nutrition standards, increases access to and funding for school meals, and increases technical assistance to schools. It also strengthens school wellness policies, improves farm to school programs, expands afterschool meals programs for at-risk children, and establishes certification standards for food service personnel. In addition to this summary, the Public Health Law Center has created a set of fact sheets outlining several key areas of the Act, including Farm to School and Organic Foods.

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Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: Food Service Requirements (2011)

The Act strengthens school food nutrition standards, increases access to and funding for school meals, and increases technical assistance to schools. It also strengthens school wellness policies, improves farm to school programs, expands afterschool meals programs for at-risk children, and establishes certification standards for food service personnel. In addition to this summary, the Public Health Law Center has created a set of fact sheets outlining several key areas of the Act, including Food Service Requirements.

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Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: Nutrition Standards (2011)

The Act strengthens school food nutrition standards, increases access to and funding for school meals, and increases technical assistance to schools. It also strengthens school wellness policies, improves farm to school programs, expands afterschool meals programs for at-risk children, and establishes certification standards for food service personnel. In addition to this summary, the Public Health Law Center has created a set of fact sheets outlining several key areas of the Act, including the Nutrition Standards.

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Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: A Summary (2011)

The Act strengthens school food nutrition standards, increases access to and funding for school meals, and increases technical assistance to schools. It also strengthens school wellness policies, improves farm to school programs, expands afterschool meals programs for at-risk children, and establishes certification standards for food service personnel. In addition to this summary, the Public Health Law Center has created a set of fact sheets outlining several key areas of the Act.

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Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: School Wellness Policies (2011)

The Act strengthens school food nutrition standards, increases access to and funding for school meals, and increases technical assistance to schools. It also strengthens school wellness policies, improves farm to school programs, expands afterschool meals programs for at-risk children, and establishes certification standards for food service personnel. In addition to this summary, the Public Health Law Center has created a set of fact sheets outlining several key areas of the Act, including requirements for school wellness policies.

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Checklist for Improving Your School Wellness Policy (2010)

An effective policy is tailored to a school’s individual needs, goals, and resources. Because of the unparalleled access schools.

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Policy Drafting Checklists (2010)

These checklists are useful tools in the policy drafting and review process. The first checklist contains the steps in policy planning and drafting. The second checklist contains the elements that should be included in a policy. The final checklist contains questions for review of the policy to ensure that it is effective and comprehensive. Not every item will be relevant to every policy, but all should be considered.

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Promoting Fruits and Vegetables in School

This policy brief examines the Minnesota school food environment, identifies challenges and limitations, and suggests promising policy opportunities in four areas where persistent challenges have impeded progress: reining in competitive foods; increasing participation in school meal programs; increasing the use of locally grown foods; and improving the ability of state agencies to support the efforts of local school districts.

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