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Extension Educators:
Sue Bourque, RD, LDN
(508) 375-6693
sbourque at barnstablecounty.org

Kimberly Concra, LDN
(508) 375-6884
kconcra at barnstablecounty.org

Mission
The Nutrition Education Program (NEP) provides individuals, families and communities with the knowledge and skills that empower them to make informed choices about healthy diets, efficiently manage food resources, and reduce the risks of chronic diseases and foodborne illness. The education provided draws upon nutrition recommendations presented in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the USDA's MyPyramid. Extension educators target consumers and families, municipal employees, food handlers, low-income and high-risk individuals, the elderly and agencies that serve these populations.

School Wellness Projects

On June 30, 2004, the President signed the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 into law. This new law requires every school district to develop and implement a local wellness policy by the beginning of the School Year 2006-2007.

The law requires that, at a minimum, wellness policies:

  • Include goals for nutrition education, physical activity, and other school-based activities designed to promote student wellness in a manner that the local educational agency determines appropriate;
  • Include nutrition guidelines for all foods available on the school campus during the school day;
  • Assure that the guidelines for school meals are not less restrictive than Federal standards;
  • Establish a plan for measuring implementation of the local wellness policy;
  • Involve parents, students, representatives of the school authority; the school board, school administrators, and the public in development of these policies.

Cape Cod Cooperative Extension offers a variety of programs to help support schools in implementing and supporting their wellness policies.  Please review the projects in this section for further details.

  
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