School Cafeteria Policy
1.0 POSITION STATEMENT ON NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN SCHOOLS Nutrition has a vast influence on a child’s development, health status, well-being and potential for learning. Schools are in a position to play an important role in ensuring that healthy eating patterns are promoted through classroom nutrition education coordinated with the promotion and the availability of healthy food choices. Establishment of a nutrition policy within the Waterloo Catholic District Secondary School system will facilitate the schools in achieving the following goals:   Promote an environment that encourages and supports the development and maintenance of healthy eating habits. Provide standards/guidelines to ensure a variety of nutritious foods and beverages are available to students and staff that will enable them to make healthy food choices. This includes: cafeteria, vending machines, school tuck shops/stores, fundraising events, and refreshments served at celebrations and meetings.

2.0 RATIONALE The purpose of the nutrition policy is to ensure that a variety of nutritious foods and beverages are promoted and provided to students and staff. The environment is one of the most important indicators determining our success in making healthy food choices. Our goal is to create this healthy environment in all the secondary schools of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board. By reducing the quantity of foods of minimal nutritional value and calorie dense beverages and increasing the availability of foods of maximum or moderate nutritional value, we model healthy behaviour and avoid sending students and staff mixed messages. This policy ensures a supportive environment is created for the school community by clarifying the direction for action and supports the Catholic Graduate Expectations of responsible citizenship and development of a self-directed,