Change Through Youth:
Fun, interactive nutrition education lessons and school-wide activities teach students about healthy snacking choices.
Student leaders are selected to participate in the Snackin' Fresh Crew, a youth leadership group which works to effect healthy changes in their school and community.
This SnackinFresh.org website connects students across Philadelphia and spreads the word about healthy eating.
Change Through Corner Stores:
The Healthy Corner Initiative partners with corner store owners to increase the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Snackin' Fresh-branded water and fresh fruit salad are student-friendly choices available to the corner stores. The Snackin' Fresh brand is part of a social marketing campaign created by and for the program's youth to encourage healthy snacking.
The Healthy Corner Store Initiative formed the Philadelphia Healthy Corner Store Network, linking together corner store owners, community partners and local farmers to create and sustain healthy corner stores. The Philadelphia Network includes 40 corner stores.
| Learn more: | Philadelphia Healthy Corner Store Network brochure (PDF) |
Seeing Change Through Evaluation
Temple University's Center for Obesity Research and Education evaluates the effects of the Healthy Corner Stores Initiative on caloric consumption and body mass index (BMI) and changes in the availability of healthy snacks at corner stores. The baseline study was published in the November 2009 Pediatrics showing that the average Philadelphia student purchases more than 350 calories on each visit to the corner store -- and 29 percent of them shop at corner stores twice a day, five days a week, consuming almost a pound worth of additional calories each week.
| Learn more: | Pediatrics: Snacking in Children: The Role of Urban Corner Stores Temple University's Center for Obesity Research and Evaluation |
The Food Trust would like to thank the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, the Philadelphia Foundation, the Patricia Kind Family Foundation, Bank of America Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Fresh Food Financing Initiative funded by The Reinvestment Fund for making this website and the Snackin' Fresh program possible.
Partially funded by the PENNSYLVANIA NUTRITION EDUCATION TRACKS, a part of USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). To find how the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can help you buy healthy foods, contact the Pa Department of Public Welfare's toll-free Helpline at 800-692-7462 or 215-430-0554. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
