Good nutrition and regular physical activity during the school years are vitally important for helping children grow strong, succeed in school, and establish healthy habits for a lifetime.
Not only does good health foster student attendance and education, but healthy eating habits and physical activity can also reduce obesity rates in children as well as reduce diet-related diseases and causes of death in adulthood. These diseases and causes of death include heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes.
We recognize that schools alone cannot solve this nation’s problem of childhood obesity and other diseases that result from a poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle. It will take the combined efforts of families, schools, communities, health providers, government agencies, the food industry and the media to resolve the problem. However, schools do have a critical role.
St. Joseph Catholic School is committed to providing a school environment that promotes and protects children’s health, well-being, and ability to learn by supporting healthy eating and physical activity.
