The Healthy Menu Project: Role of the School Nurse: Youth-Adult Shared Partnerships Help Change a School Lunch Menu.

School nurses play an important role in addressing childhood obesity. Although schools who participate in the Federal School Lunch Program follow mandated dietary guidelines, changes to the menu can be made that will have a positive impact on the health of our school community. Students receive nutrition health education, including learning about the importance of choosing whole and unprocessed foods, fresh fruits and vegetables, and whole grains and limiting sugars.