Stephanie Vecchiarelli, MPH, CHES¹, Charlotte Neumann, MD, MPH², Mike Prelip, DPA, MPH², Wendy Slusser, MD, MS³, Babette A. Brumback, PhD⁴, Heather Weightman, MPH, RD², Linda O. Lange, DrPH², Aurora Cerda, BS², Susan LaVaccare, MS², Lai San Hong², and Dulcie Kermah². (1) School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, P.O. Box 951772, Room 36-078, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, 310-267-2946, stephv@ucla.edu, (2) Nutrition Friendly Schools and Communities, UCLA School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, P.O. Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, (3) Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Schol of Public Health, Nutrition Friendly Schools and Communities, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, (4) NPI-Center for Community Health, University of California at Los Angeles, 10920 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90024

The Nutrition Friendly Schools and Communities (NFSC) program is an ecological model, which impacts the entire school environment including students, staff, and families to promote good nutrition and physical activity. It is a participatory model that builds upon school strengths to prevent the development of overweight in children. It incorporates the eight components of the Coordinated School Health Model. The NFSC model is currently being pilot tested in eight elementary schools in a large, urban school district. Each of the eight schools is working towards the Nutrition Friendly Schools and Communities criteria that were developed in collaboration between the UCLA School of Public Health and school community stakeholders. Baseline data collected as part of the study includes: student 24 hour dietary recalls; student anthrompometrics; student achievement; student, staff, and parent nutrition and physical activity knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors; school achievement; and NFSC process.

The goals of the session are to introduce participants to the NFSC model and report on the baseline data for the pilot study. By the end of the session, participants will be able to: describe the Nutrition Friendly Schools and Communities environmental intervention; discuss baseline data results from the NFSC pilot study; list three results from the NFSC pilot study.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the Nutrition Friendly Schools and Communities environmental intervention.
• Discuss baseline data results from the NFSC pilot study.
• List three results from the NFSC pilot study.

Keywords: School-Based Programs, Nutrition

Related Web page: www.ph.ucla.edu/chs/nfsc.html

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.