About
The School Wellness work group is a network of researchers and school health practitioners who share ongoing work pertaining to school wellness policies, programs, and practices, and to foster partnerships for continuing this work. The work group aims to identify and address research and practice gaps and is focused on the implementation and evaluation of district policies, state laws, and federal policies and their impact on wellness practices in K-12 school settings.
Webinars
If you are interested in the recordings of any of these webinars, please email [email protected] to request it.
2025
Updated Food Education Standards and how this aligns to wellness initiatives in schools across the country (DeSorbo-Quinn & Meredith)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
2024
10th birthday party: A panel discussion on the future of school wellness research, policy, and practice
Webinar Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Fellowship Research Project Presentations
Webinar Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Spilling the Beans: How USDA updated School Nutrition Standards - and What Comes Next?
Webinar Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Prevalence and Implementation of Weekend Food Assistance Programs Among a National Sample of US Public Schools (Poole)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Food Allergies in Schools (Dupuis)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024
DiscoverU, a CDC-funded demonstration project for an afterschool program that integrates physical activity, nutrition, and social emotional learning (Arlinghaus)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Facilitating Safe and Active Transportation (LaJeunesse)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Active Schools (Kline)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2024
2023
Walkabouts - uses movement to teach Math and ELA/Literacy standards for PreK-2nd students (Reed)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Impact of COVID and school meal waivers on nutrient quality of school meals (Cohen, Chapman, & Richardson)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2023
A Novel Policy Alignment and Enhancement Process to Improve Sustainment of School-Based Physical Activity Programming (Friday)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Behind the Carton: 2022 School Milk Report (Hahn)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2023
CDC Healthy Schools: Sneak Preview of New Cooperative Agreement (Sliwah & Merlo)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Head Start to Healthy Lifestyles: Promoting Physical Activity and Nutrition Education from a Social Ecological Perspective (Zhang)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Walking Classroom (Fenn)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Fellowship projects (Olarte & Tsai)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Lunch 4 Learning Campaign (Fernandez)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2023
2022
Improving active travel to school and its surveillance: an overlooked opportunity in health promotion and chronic disease prevention (George & Sliwa)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Exploring the implications of school food policy interpretations on public health outcomes of school-aged youth (Bode)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2022
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Presidential Youth Fitness Program: Listening session
Webinar Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Play for Life: A Playbook to Develop Every Student Through Sports (Solomon)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2022
SFSP Programs in Children Hospital Settings (Plencner)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2022
School Meals for All Students: Lessons Learned from California and Maine (Wendi Gosliner and Juliana Cohen)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Youth Activity Profile Tool (Welk)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Physical Activity in Schools and Parent Attitudes (Webster, Bleich)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Healthier Generation's Wellness Policy Builder
Webinar Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Parents experiences with grab-n-go meals in NYC (Jennifer Cadenhead and Thanh Thanh Nguyen)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2022
2021
Systematic review of factors related to school meal participation (Juliana Cohen & Erin Hager)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2021
The Best Food Forward (BFF) project
Webinar Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Alignment Of US School Lunches With The EAT-Lancet Healthy Reference Diet’s Standards For Planetary Health
Webinar Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Evaluation of longer lunch periods, recess, and movement opportunities for students during the school day
Webinar Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Screening for Social Determinants of Health in Schools
Webinar Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Mis-implementation of National School Food Guidelines (Sarah Moreland-Russell)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Understanding Teacher Wellbeing and Social Support for Physical Activity in a School District during the COVID-19 Crisis (Anne Escaron)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The FIT Study: A Cluster Randomized-Controlled Trial of Body Mass Index Screening & Reporting in Schools
Webinar Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Elementary Schools' Response to Student Wellness Needs during the COVID-19 Shutdown: A Qualitative Exploration of Innovation and Readiness (Lane, Calvert)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Evaluation of COVID-19 School Meals Response in Maryland: Spring 2020 (Hager)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2021
2020
School Reentry for K-12 Physical Education, Health Education and Physical Activity (SHAPE America)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2020
School Closures During COVID-19: Opportunities for Innovation in Meal Service (Kinsey)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2020
A Systems Approach Helps Explain Significant Improvements in LWPs Among SNAP-Ed-Supported School Districts (LeGros, Orzech)
Webinar Date: Sunday, July 12, 2020
State and Federal Legislators' Perspectives on Child Obesity Prevention and Policy (CSPI)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Is It Program Error or User Error? Using Implementation Indices to Measure School Health Program Outcomes (Hoelscher)
Webinar Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2020
