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Are You Winter Ready? - Franciscan St. Anthony Health
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Alternatives to Food as a Reward
At school, home, and throughout the community, kids are
offered food, beverages, and candy as rewards for “good”
behavior. Often these foods have little or no nutritional
value but are easy, inexpensive, and can bring about
short-term behavior change. -
Alternatives to Food as a Reward - 2
Food is commonly used to reward students for good behavior and academic performance. It’s an easy, inexpensive and powerful tool to bring about immediate short-term behavior change. Yet, using food as reward has many negative consequences that go far beyond the short-term benefits of good behavior or performance -
Alternatives to Food as a Reward - 3
Kids naturally enjoy eating healthy and being physically active. Schools and communities need to provide them with an environment that supports healthy behaviors. Included here are some alternatives for students to enjoy instead of being offered food as a reward at school. -
Healthy Celebrations
Birthday parties and holiday celebrations at school provide a unique opportunity to
help make healthful eating fun and exciting for children. Schools can take advantage
of classroom celebrations to serve food that tastes good, is nutritious, and provides
students with an opportunity for nutrition education experiences -
Healthy School Snacks
Serving healthy snacks to children is important to providing good nutrition, supporting
lifelong healthy eating habits, and helping to prevent costly and potentially-disabling
diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity.
