New System Reveals Whether School Wellness Policies 'Make The Grade'

No it doesn't. Especially since it hasn't been implemented. But this is a minot point - it won't work anyway.

"In an effort to help families and school administrators fight the epidemic of obesity among children, a Yale-led team of researchers has developed a practical coding system to evaluate school wellness policies, which are required of all schools participating in the National School Lunch Program. This coding system was introduced in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association...

The Yale team's coding system is based on a 96-category tool developed to evaluate seven goal areas: nutrition education, standards for USDA child nutrition programs and school meals, nutrition standards for competitive and other foods and beverages, physical education, physical activity, communications and promotion and evaluation.

'The school wellness coding system will have a huge impact on public policy and the ability to move healthier school policies forward,' said Lucy Nolan of End Hunger Connecticut! She added, 'We've too often had to move policy on faith, and this will show that there is a means to an end.'

Schools will be evaluated on, among other things, whether goals for nutrition education are designed to promote student wellness; nutrition curriculum is provided for each grade level; the school coordinates nutrition education with the larger community; nutrition education extends beyond the school environment; and whether nutrition is integrated into other subjects beyond health education."

To see how well Yale/Rudd stuff works, check out Kelly Brownell.