School Health

Practice Questions

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• Q: What are the key elements in developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating school nutrition policies and guidelines?

  Last Updated: 2019-10-23

• Q: What are the promising practices for the development of nutrition-related policy language?

  Last Updated: 2019-10-23

• Q: What are the key elements in planning and implementing school nutrition interventions?

  Last Updated: 2019-10-24

• Q: What are the most common barriers to developing and implementing school nutrition policies, programs or interventions?

  Last Updated: 2019-10-24

• Q: What tools are available for identifying school readiness and school climate for nutrition interventions?

  Last Updated: 2019-10-23

• Q: What is the evidence that the implementation of school nutrition policies/guidelines and interventions improves the nutritional intake and behaviours of elementary school and high school aged-children?

  Last Updated: 2020-06-01

• Q: What tools are recommended for identifying changes to dietary intakes in response to school nutrition policies or interventions?

  Last Updated: 2019-10-23

• Q: Do school nutrition interventions have a positive impact on students' academic performance?

  Last Updated: 2019-10-23

• Q: What is the evidence that the implementation of school nutrition policies/guidelines reduces the prevalence of overweight/obesity among children and youth?

  Last Updated: 2019-10-23

• Q: Should Body Mass Index (BMI) be used to evaluate the impact of school nutrition interventions?

  Last Updated: 2019-10-23

• Q: Which behavioural changes (or their mediating factors) can be used to evaluate the response to school nutrition policies or interventions?

  Last Updated: 2019-10-23

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• Q: What is the effectiveness of behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents?

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• Q: What are the short- and long-term physical and mental health effects of high added sugar consumption in children and adolescents (≤18 years old)?

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• Q: How effective is call centre support for public health nutrition interventions and government policy implementation (e.g. school health, food safety, reducing trans fats or sodium, increasing fruit and vegetable consumption)?

  Last Updated: 2017-07-05