Moving Forward with Schools Nutrition Guidelines (2014)School nutrition policy creates supportive school environments for healthy food choices designed to improve the nutritional intake of students, provide students an opportunity to practice what they learn in the classroom, demonstrate that schools value student health and contribute to the primary prevention of chronic disease.

Moving Forward with School Nutrition Guidelines (2014)

Moving Forward with School Nutrition Guidelines (2015)

One of the key focus areas of Manitoba’s Healthy Schools Initiative is healthy eating. Moving Forward with School Nutrition Guidelines was released in February 2015. The Guidelines apply to foods sold in schools or provided by schools in Manitoba and are divided into six areas of focus:

Approaching school food and nutrition in a comprehensive manner ensures:

  • Classroom curriculum is respected
  • Resources are used in an efficient way
  • Contradictory messages are minimized

** These guidelines are not intended to evaluate the food students bring or parents send to school. **