Successes and Challenges in Child Nutrition and Opportunities for Nutrition Educators

Recorded Sunday, July 31, 2016. 
Moderator: Tracy Fox, MPH, RD, Food, Nutrition & Policy Consultants, LLC
Speaker: Jessica Donze Black, RD, MPH, The Pew Charitable Trusts; Stephanie Scarmo, PhD, MPH, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Much has changed in the school nutrition environment over the past five years. Research indicates that school nutrition is a substantial contributor to student health and wellness. Join leaders from the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project (a joint initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) as they discuss the latest about what progress has been made, challenges that remain, and opportunities for nutrition educators to get involved in supporting further progress in child nutrition at the local, state, and federal level.
Learning Objectives:

• Describe three significant recent achievements in child nutrition.Discuss three research-based challenges faced by school nutrition programs and opportunities for overcoming them.Identify three ways nutrition educators can get involved in supporting further progress in child nutrition at the local, state, or federal level.