School Health Guidelines
to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

A: Strategies include:

• Require health education from pre-kindergarten through grade 12.
• Implement a planned and sequential health education curriculum that is culturally and developmentally appropriate, addresses a clear set of behavioral outcomes that promote healthy eating and physical activity, and is based on national standards.
• Use curricula that are consistent with scientific evidence of effectiveness in helping students improve healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.
• Use classroom instructional methods and strategies that are interactive, engage all students, and are relevant to their daily lives and experiences.

A: Yes, instructional methods and strategies should be interactive to encourage student participation. Examples of interactive methods include:

• Teacher demonstrations
• Teacher role modeling of healthy behavior
• Student rehearsal and teacher feedback (role-playing)
• Goal setting for behavior change