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Are you using a food- and weight-neutral approach to nutrition education and need help explaining it to families? Learn how schools and teachers can share this approach and how it supports learning, growth, body image, and positive relationships with food.
Post this resource on your school’s digital communication platform or include it in newsletters to families. It highlights why nutrition, words, and roles matter at school and addresses frequently asked questions, sparking valuable conversations and new learning.
💌 Customize It for Your School
We’d love to help you share this message with your school community! Email us at teach@dfc-plc.ca. We can help you add your classroom, school, or division logo and contact information to make it your own.
🎧 More for Families
If you’d like another resource on this topic, check out the Teacher Fan Club Podcast, Episode 19: “Parent Partners in Fostering Positive Relationships with Food & Body.”
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The Story Behind the Resource
When a school division wellness consultant and a weight-neutral wellness researcher invited our team to collaborate on a resource for families, we were thrilled! The goal was to create a resource teachers, schools, and school divisions could share with families about how educators approach food and nutrition education – to support learning, growth, body image, and positive relationships with food. These ideas align with our team’s philosophy: providing children and youth with opportunities to foster a relationship with food and their bodies that serves them throughout their life.
💙 With Gratitude
Special thanks to Elk Island Catholic Schools, the Body Image Research Lab at the Werklund School of Education (University of Calgary), and the Ellyn Satter Institute for their collaboration and insight in supporting the well-being of children, youth, and teachers.