Key Resources
Recess Before Lunch Fact Sheet (pdf)
Prepared by Seattle Schools Nutrition Advisory Committee. Describes importance and benefits of resource before lunch, results of Principals' survey about barriers, and options for addressing obstacles.
Rescuing Recess
Cartoon Network has created a successful, award-winning national movement called “Rescuing Recess” to safeguard and promote daily recess!
Recess in Elementary School
National
Association of Sport and Physical Education position paper designed to assist
parents in supporting the effort to ensure adequate recess time in
schools.
Recess Before Lunch - Playtime before lunchtime
Describes the benefits of recess before lunch and offers strategies for planning and implementation. 2-page flyer developed by the Western Dairy Council and Action for Healthy Kids Washington. (2005)
Recess
Before Lunch: A Guide For Success
Guidelines, implementation resources, and communication materials (brochures, presentations, letter to parents) developed by the Montana Team Nutrition Program and Office of Public Instruction. (2003)
Recess
Before Lunch Can Mean Happier,
Healthier Kids
Discusses the Montana
Guide, and how principals in Montana
schools who have put recess first
have noticed children
eat more
and behave better after lunch. (2005)
Barriers to Recess Placement Prior to Lunch in Elementary Schools (PDF)
Report
of the findings from focus groups conducted by the National Food Service Management Institute. (2006)
Looking for More Information
Elementary Schools Should Provide Daily Recesses in
Addition to Planned Physical Education for All Students
American School Health Association resolution adopted in 2005.
The
Relationship of Meal and Recess Schedules
to Plate Waste in Elementary Schools
Study of schools in central
WA State. Scheduling lunch after
recess improved school
lunch consumption and reduce plate waste. E. Berman et
al. in the Journal of Child Nutrition
and Management (2004)
Food Waste
is Reduced When Elementary-School Children Have Recess Before
Lunch (Citation)
Article by Mary Jane Getlinger et al. in the Journal of the American Dietetic
Association (1996).
A pdf presentation of
this report is available
online. |
