PTA is committed to building healthy families and healthy communities, this program is designed with this goal in mind. National PTA has many resources available on line to help learning the facts about various health concerns and programs implementation ideas.
Tips for PTA® Healthy Lifestyles MonthSMNovember is PTA® Healthy Lifestyles MonthSM, and PTA provides parents a wealth of information on how to promote healthy lifestyle choices.Parents can download PTA Healthy Lifestyles: A Parent’s Guide as well as a toolkit developed in partnership with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver at PTA.org/goodchoices. Both resources provide tips to parents on how to eat healthy and stay active as a family. The Parent’s Guide is also available in Spanish.Parents can also tell their PTAs about the resources available for local units to promote healthy lifestyles in schools. It’s not too late for a unit to get started. A promotional toolkit is also available at PTA.org/goodchoices.
November Safty TipFiber One Bars Recalled National PTA® and Consumer Reports have partnered to provide you with monthly safety tips and product recalls alerting you of possible dangers in your school or home.General Mills has issued a recall of their Chocolate Flavor Fiber One 90-Calorie Chewy Bars after a production error resulted in a limited number of improperly labeled individually wrapped bars. Consumers allergic to peanuts should not consume Fiber One 90-Calorie products from five-count boxes bearing the “Better If Used By” date of “19May2012BV” on top of the box. For more |
