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Building strong feeding skills here at LSCTS! 🍏 Here are the 4 benefits: 1️⃣ Improved ability to chew food, swallow food or drink and sucking. 2️⃣ Improved ability to be upright and maintain a proper sitting position while eating. 3️⃣ Improved ability to manipulate food with their hands and the use of utensils. 4️⃣ Improved sensory registration of touch, sight, smell and taste as it relates to food. Watching your child struggle with eating can be tough. Let's turn challenges into achievements, one bite at a time! 🥄😊 Comment 🍴if you want to learn more about building feeding skills with LSCTS! #Iscts #childrenstherapy #Isctsbarrie #Isctsparrysound #parrysound #barrie #barrieontario #parrysoundontario #feedingtherapy

Providing school meals to all students at no charge increased lunch participation in the five states that offer universal school meals, and raised breakfast participation rates in four of those during the 2022–2023 school year, according to a report released by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC). The response to Healthy School Meals for All policies has been largely positive, the report notes, with state child nutrition agencies declaring benefits to providing school meals at no cost to all families, and public opinion polling shows broad support. However, with more student participation comes a need for more resources and staffing within a school district’s nutrition services department, which has proven difficult to meet, according to school food service directors in California who participated in a separate survey conducted by the CALIFORNIA SCHOOL NUTRITION ASSOCIATION INC and the Chef Ann Foundation in partnership with Food Insight Group. Read a recap of findings demonstrating the benefits and challenges of universal school meal policies: https://ow.ly/o2hr50R2ly7

A civilized society should feed its children. Children generally cannot earn money or make choices about basic resources, including nutritional goods. Providing our community’s children with equal access to food promotes a healthier and more inclusive society for all. Particularly when our children gather for collective meal times at places like school. “Access to school meals plays a crucial role in reducing childhood hunger, supporting good nutrition and ensuring students are ready to focus and learn. Research has long linked participation in school meal programs to positive educational and health outcomes including improved academic achievement, attendance and behavior at school; decreased childhood food insecurity; consumption of more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and milk; and fewer visits among youth to the school nurse.” #FeedTheChildren #WeAreWhatWeEat

Every kid and teen deserves access to healthy food, but for those that count on school meals, summer can often be the hungriest time of year. But that's changing now. Thanks to new investments in how our country reaches kids with the nutrition they need; more students will have access to meals they need during the summer months. This summer, for the first time ever, many states across the nation will launch Summer EBT, a program that complements existing summer meal programs by helping families stretch their grocery budgets - regardless of where they live. It's exciting to see the number of states implementing Summer EBT this year. #NoKidHungry #socialimpact #zerohunger #zerohungerzerowaste

Our RD Boot Camp students truly have the best tips for studying, check out what dietetic intern Emily Austin has to say: If you have your own study tip, feel free to comment below, you could help a future student! #rdbootcamp #rdexam #rdexamprep #rd2be #tutor #rdexamtips #rdexamreview #studytips

Our RD Boot Camp students truly have the best tips for studying, check out what dietetic intern Emily Austin has to say: If you have your own study tip, feel free to comment below, you could help a future student! #rdbootcamp #rdexam #rdexamprep #rd2be #tutor #rdexamtips #rdexamreview #studytips

The one thing we hear the most from schools is their eagerness to improve the quality and availability of fresh food in their school(s). Coupled with that, school food service directors often want to take on a larger role within the school and combine nutrition and education. Here are some steps you can take to see if adopting hydroponics into your school lunch program is right for you and your team. https://hubs.li/Q02xYSX_0

NEW REPORT: We worked with the California School Nutrition Association in partnership with Food Insight Group to conduct the first study of K–12 school food staff shortages in California. The study revealed the rate of unfilled positions in the state’s school food programs is three times higher than unfilled positions for U.S. public school teachers. High vacancy rates negatively impact schools’ ability to provide access to and serve students healthy, appetizing meals. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/eaP-sSq7

🍲 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 = 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 👨🎓 Our food & wellness programs form the very backbone of support that disadvantaged students need in order to attend school. For many families living with food insecurity, this program makes the difference between sending their children to class, or out to work to help put food on the table. In the next few posts, we’ll examine the impact of this crucial program, from daily school meals to food banks that have been developed with a laser focus on families living with the direst food insecurity. In total across all our food programs last year ... 🍚 66 tons of rice 🍗 13 tons of meat 🥕 17 tons of vegetable ... were consumed. That’s a whole lot of nutrition going where it’s needed most! Watch the video to see where our food program first began: daily meals, available to the +700 students at our rural school locations. Because with full tummies, kids can stay in class and focus on the lesson. Because Food = School … and #schoolistheanswer 💛

Nine emergent themes were identified, spread over 3 categories of program impact: immediate, beyond the classroom, and sustained. Immediate program impact themes came from all participants and included enjoyment, hands-on learning, and fostering connection. Beyond the classroom, older elementary students and alumni expressed perceived shifts in individual and family food intake, involvement in household food practices, and desire for fresh food options at school. Themes of sustained program impact among alumni participants were an appreciation for fresh food, openness to trying new foods, and confidence to make informed food decisions. Conclusions and Implications Findings provide a deeper understanding of participant perspectives on the impact of participation in a school-based experiential food education program and a basis for further research on the role of early exposure to food education in influencing food decisions as children grow older. #gardens #gardening #schoolgardens #schoolgardening #schoolhealth #dietitians #nutritionists #nutricionistas #foodsystems #foodsystemtransformation #sustainablefoodsystem #nutrition #nutritionbehavior Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior