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Center for Collaborative Solutions

Kaylyn Padovani, MBA, RD Nutritionist, Nutrition Education and Promotion Branch USDA-FNS-Child Nutrition Programs

Summer Food, Summer Moves: Helping Kids Stay

Healthy When School is Out

Team Nutrition

Provides free curricula, resource guides, posters, parent handouts, and other resources

Initiative of the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service to support the Federal Child Nutrition Programs

Aims to improve children’s lifelong eating and physical activity habits

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Introduction to Summer Meals 22 M

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Nutrition Education & Summer Meals

Prevent “Summer Slide.” Help kids maintain

healthy eating patterns and get regular physical activity when school is

out.

Boost Participation. Offering activities along

with a meal, can help motivate more families to

attend.

Generate Smiles. Kids love games, challenges, food

preparation, and tasting activities.

Help children stay healthy all year long!

Four Healthy Moves

Summer Food, Summer Moves Kit Includes:

• Operator Activity Guide • 7 Posters • 6 types of Fliers • 25 Activity Placemats • 6 Family Activity Guides Available in English and Spanish

• Give out to parents or send home with children

• Fun games, healthy eating tips, and recipes

Family Activity Guides

Infographic and Parent’s Guide

• Materials for schools and community groups to hand out to parents

• Healthy eating tips and info on locating a summer meal site

• English and Spanish

Formative Research & Pilot Testing • Infographic and Parent Handout Concept

Testing • Summer Food, Summer Moves Formative

Research

Overall Research Findings Children

• Statistically significant improvements in nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and behavior

• Enjoyed most recipes

Site Operators • Enjoyed the activities and tools and believed they

increased site appeal • Needed additional ways to adapt activities • Suggested simpler material organization

Parents • Found family

activity guides were colorful, appealing, and useful

Key Takeaways •Meet with the community to identify needs and partners. •Coordinate together the program, meal site, service, activities ,

and resources. •Ensure you have enough staff to serve the food and lead the

activities.

Start early to plan your program.

(February-March)

•Use the flyers to announce the community about the activities and meals offered in a way to mitigate swing attendance at open sites.

•Remind them about the program schedule.

Inform eligible families.

•Have fun and enrichment activities in addition to the meals. •Older children are role models for younger children, they can

serve as leader to help with meal service and the enrichment activities.

Engage your children.

Partners for Activity Leads

– Nutrition and Dietetic Interns

– School staff – SNAP-Ed staff – EFNEP staff – Agricultural

Extension staff – WIC staff

– Assistant property manager

– Staff in charge of community center

– Church volunteers – Library staff – Parent coordinator – Site director

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Free Team Nutrition Materials

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Reference

• White, A. and Maroto, M. (2016) Summer Meal Programs Provide an Opportunity for Nutrition Education and Physical Activity. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 116(6), 905-907.

USDA’s Team Nutrition Website: www.TeamNutrition.usda.gov

Email: TeamNutrition@fns.usda.gov Follow us on Twitter @TeamNutrition