School Canteen and School Garden: Potential Learning Venues for Building a Healthier School Food Environment

Background/Aims: The school has been receiving much attention for cultivating good nutritional practices that prepare students to enter adulthood. Nevertheless, we lack to understand the roles of the school canteen and school garden in providing a healthier school food environment. This paper aims t...

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Published in:Annals of nutrition and metabolism 2019-01, Vol.75, p.336
Main Authors: Februhartanty, Judhiastuty, Ari Wiradnyani, Luh Ade
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Best practice
Control systems
Education
Food
Food preferences
Gardens & gardening
Learning
Nutrition
Public health
Schools
Students
Teachers
Teaching methods
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Summary:Background/Aims: The school has been receiving much attention for cultivating good nutritional practices that prepare students to enter adulthood. Nevertheless, we lack to understand the roles of the school canteen and school garden in providing a healthier school food environment. This paper aims to share the process of the development of two guidebooks for engaging students with experiential learning on food and nutrition-related topics through school canteen and school garden. Methods: Each book was developed through a workshop that involved teachers from different school levels, as well as other parties involved in canteen management and its surveillance. Each contributor wrote a section based on his/her experience. At least one reviewer from another organization having experiences with some school-based innovations was invited to provide comments and suggestion on the books. Results: The final guidebook on school canteen documented 11 best practices shared by 12 contributors from primary, junior high, and vocational schools, canteen management of a private school, and public health centers. These best practices addressed lessons learned on school policies, canteen management, nutrition education, surveillance and control system, and partnership. The final guidebook on school garden presented 30 ideas for teaching nutrition in the primary, junior high, and senior high school levels. All lesson plans were written by 12 teachers using school garden as media for nutrition education. Conclusion: Further follow-up is needed to see the influence of the books in shaping students' preference for healthier food choices at school and finally on their healthier nutritional practices.
ISSN:0250-6807
1421-9697
DOI:10.1159/000501751