Healthy and Pleasant Mealtimes

Designing Healthy Lunchrooms Checklist

The Designing Healthy Lunchrooms Checklist is a list of simple, no cost or low cost strategies that may increase participation, reduce food waste, and increase selection and consumption of healthy school food. It can be used as a training or goal setting tool for your lunch program. 

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Eat the Rainbow Salad Bar Checklist 

Breakfasts Boosts Brainpower Checklist

The Breakfast Boost Brainpower Checklist is a list of simple, no cost or low cost strategies that many increase participation, reduce food waste, and increase selection and consumption of healthy breakfasts. It can be used as a training or goal setting tool for your breakfast program. 

Download the Breakfast Boosts Brainpower Checklist 

Comfortable Cafeterias for K-12 Schools

Comfortable cafeterias set the stage for better learning, behavior, and health for school aged children. 

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Pass the Peaches Please! for Early Childcare

Preschool aged children in child care centers also benefit from positive and pleasant mealtimes. 

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Watch our Pass the Peaches Please! video

Recess Before Lunch

Recess Before Lunch (RBL) allows students to play (go to recess) first, and then have lunch. Play, then eat. It's an effective School Wellness strategy that helps students eat well and perform well in school.  

Schools use Recess Before Lunch for these reasons:

• Improved student behavior on the playground, in the lunchroom and in afternoon classrooms

• Improved lunchroom atmosphere

• Students eat better and waste less 

Access the Recess Before Lunch resource page

Let's Eat! Engaging Students in Smarter Lunchrooms Curriculum Guide

Engaging students in school meals improves customer satisfaction, gives students the opportunity to provide creative ideas and create positive change while building an encouraging relationship with the school food service staff.

Check out the Let's Eat! Engaging Students in Smarter Lunchrooms Guide for best practices and K-12 classroom lesson plans to engage middle and high school students in their lunchroom.