Abstract
This report describes a regional approach for improving the nutritional quality of
school meals and increasing the selection of healthier foods. Let's Go! is a childhood obesity prevention program that establishes regional workgroups to
develop innovative solutions to improve school meal programs. Let's Go! fosters collaborative decision making, specifically addressing the feasibility of
proposed strategies, differences in school environments, and level of readiness for
change. This approach led to 77 schools achieving the HealthierUS School Challenge
and 130 schools implementing Smarter Lunchrooms techniques in school year 2011–2012.
Communities nationwide could use a similar approach to improve school meals.
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Publication history
Published online: February 02, 2015
Accepted:
December 19,
2014
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure: The authors' conflict of interest disclosures can be found online with this article on www.jneb.org.
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