Jennifer Black|Cayley E. Velazquez|Naseam Ahmadi|Gwen E. Chapman|Sarah Carten|Joshua Edward|Stephanie Shulhan|Teya Stephens|Alejandro Rojas
Sustainability and public health nutrition at school: assessing the integration of healthy and environmentally sustainable food initiatives in Vancouver schools
University of British Columbia|University of British Columbia|University of British Columbia|University of British Columbia|University of British Columbia|Vancouver Coastal Health|University of British Columbia|University of British Columbia|University of British Columbia|University of British Columbia
describe development application school food environment assessment tools novel scoring system assess integration healthy environmentally sustainable food initiatives elementary secondary schoolsthe crosssectional study included direct observations physical food environments interviews key school personnel regarding foodrelated programmes policies fivepoint scoring system developed assess actions across six domains food gardens ii composting systems iii food preparation activities iv foodrelated teaching learning activities availability v healthy food vi environmentally sustainable foodvancouver canadaa purposive sample public schools n 33 six sectors vancouver board educationschools scored highest areas food garden compost system development use regular integration foodrelated teaching learning activities handson food preparation experiences also commonly reported schools demonstrated rudimentary efforts make healthy environmentally sustainable food choices available general scored lowest two domains moreover schools reported widespread initiatives fully supporting availability integration healthy environmentally sustainable foods across campusmore work needed areas fully integrate programmes policies support healthy environmentally sustainable food systems vancouver schools assessment tools proposed indicators offer practical approach researchers policy makers school stakeholders assess school food system environments identify priority areas intervention track relevant changes time