WHO Information Series on School Health - Document 4 - Healthy Nutrition: An Essential Element of a Health-Promoting School (FAO

WHO Information Series on School Health - Document 4 - Healthy Nutrition: An Essential Element of a Health-Promoting School (FAO - WHO, 1998, 61 p.)

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		ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
		FOREWORD
		1. INTRODUCTION
		2. CONVINCING OTHERS THAT HEALTHY NUTRITION IS IMPORTANT
		3. CONVINCING OTHERS THAT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS IN SCHOOLS WILL REALLY WORK
		4. PLANNING THE INTERVENTIONS
		5. INTEGRATING NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS WITHIN VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF A HEALTH-PROMOTING SCHOOL
		6. EVALUATION
		ANNEX 1. IMPORTANT CONDITIONS OF MALNUTRITION WHICH AFFECT PRESCHOOL- AND SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN (Ref: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 48, 75)
		ANNEX 2. BASIC QUESTIONS AND METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION FOR SITUATION ANALYSIS
		ANNEX 3. COMMON BEHAVIOURS AND CONDITIONS RELATED TO HEALTHY EATING
		ANNEX 4. EXAMPLES OF DIETARY GUIDELINES AND FOOD GUIDES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
		ANNEX 5. SELECTED WHO EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING
		ANNEX 6. SELECTED AGE-APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING
		ANNEX 7. EXAMPLES OF CURRICULUM ADDRESSING EMOTIONAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL INFLUENCES RELATED TO HEALTHY EATING AND SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
		ANNEX 8. EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY AND FAMILY INVOLVEMENT AND OUTREACH
		ANNEX 9. WORLD DECLARATION ON NUTRITION
		ANNEX 10. OTTAWA CHARTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION (1986)
		REFERENCES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This document was prepared for WHO by Carmen E. Aldinger, Yale University, New Haven (USA), in collaboration with Jack T. Jones, Division of Health Promotion, Education and Communication, Health Education and Health Promotion Unit, WHO/HQ (Geneva).

WHO would like to thank the following individuals who offered substantial comments and suggestions during the document’s preparation and finalization:

Names	Organizations

Kenneth Bailey	WHO/HQ, Programme of Nutrition
Hamadi Benaziza	WHO/HQ, Division of Health Promotion, Education, and Communication
Silvia Dehler	WHO/HQ, Programme of Nutrition
Rachael Dixey	Leeds Metropolitan University, U.K.
Nils Farnert	Former Director-General of the European Federation of Advertising Agencies
Matthew Furner	WHO/HQ, Health Education and Health Promotion Unit
Carol Herbert	The Valley Trust, South Africa
Yasmine Motarjemi	WHO/HQ, Programme of Food Safety and Food Aid
Vivian Rassmussen	WHO/EURO, European Network of Health-Promoting Schools
Aileen Robertson	WHO/EURO, Division of Food and Nutrition
Marilyn Rice	WHO/HQ, Division of Reproductive Health (Technical Support); Family Planning and Population
David Rivett	WHO/EURO, European Network of Health-Promoting Schools
Franz Simmersbach	Food and Agriculture Organization, Nutrition Programme Service
Howell Wechsler	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

WHO would also like to thank the following individuals who provided comments and suggestions on this document during its discussion at the Fourth International Conference on Health Promotion in Jakarta, Indonesia, in July 1997:

Maria Teresa Cerqueira, WHO/AMRO; Iebo Egwu, Nigeria; Carol Herbert, The Valley Trust, South Africa; Masamine Jimba, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Nepal JICA; Martha Osei, WHO/SEARO; Vivian Rassmussen, WHO/EURO, European Network of Health-Promoting Schools.