Learning about staying healthy is a family affair. The importance of an integrated
school curriculum focusing on nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices is essential.
However, unlike other academic subjects, the mastery of which can remain at school,
integration of this information as a lifelong routine requires that it be present
in all parts of the student's life where food is found. “Unless the food environment
at school and home reinforce what is being taught in the classroom, nutrition education
will have limited impact on student's food choices.”
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March 25,
2019
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