Nutrition in Manitoba Schools Consultation Report

"What schools told us"

Most Canadian provinces and territories are investigating policy options related to improving school environments in relation to health, and Manitoba is no different.

In June 2005 the Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures All-Party Task Force released the Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures Task Force Report. The report makes recommendations in 10 key areas of school health. The province has made a commitment to take action on all recommendations.

Dietitians of Canada was contracted by Manitoba Health & Healthy Living to assist in developing food and nutrition guidelines for use in all K-12 publicly funded schools throughout the province.

From November 18, 2005 to January 18, 2006, 24 schools in the Province of Manitoba were consulted to help understand what school administrators, teachers, parents, students, food preparation staff and volunteers were looking for in guidelines, and to identify other materials that would support positive change in the food and nutrition environment in schools.

Download the Nutrition in Manitoba Schools Consultation Report  | 14 pages | 104KB

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The final guidelines are contained in the Manitoba School Nutrition Handbook: Getting Started with Guidelines and Policies, released in October 2006.

To download the handbook, visit the Manitoba Schools Healthy Food in Schools website.