The strategic importance of Health & Wellness is escalating. Rising obesity,
increasing rates of nutrition related disease and growth in healthcare
costs are driving social and political pressure. Heightened awareness of
these issues is changing individuals’ perceptions. This represents an
important opportunity to empower healthier environments and outcomes.
We are launching a new program called Healthy For Life to help with
these rising health issues.  Our goal is to create a single, powerful,
differentiated ARAMARK Health & Wellness platform to empower
healthier environments & outcomes. We will offer adult communication
pieces located at the Wellness Education Center box in your child's
school main office. We will also focus on Student Health Finder
Icons, New Menu Templates, updated recipe database with icons,
Education Brochures, Posters, Quarterly Newsletter, Nutrition Fact
Sheet, Ask the Dietitian FAQ sheets. All sheets can be downloaded
and can be found under the Healthy for Life Tab.

As Congress, First Lady Michelle Obama and communities across the country seek ways to address the
deepening childhood obesity crisis, Fraser Nutrition Services Department continues to emphasize the importance
of promoting healthy lifestyles & healthier food. 

        USDA instituted new New Changes for 2012-2013 School Year:

• Biggest Change: Students must take a minimum of ½ cup fruit or veggie to qualify for a meal. Please encourage your
  students to take fruits and veggies with every meal.
• There are now weekly requirements of certain colors of veggies offered during the week. Since we already started
  implementing this last year your students should be used to seeing new things.
• The new requirement is that half of our grains must be whole grains. Again, we already started implementing this
  standard last school year. One great way to get your student used to this is by serving whole grains at home.
• The new requirement is that all flavored milk must be skim milk and unflavored milk can be 1% milk. We made this
  transition last year regarding milk. Please note that our flavored milk is reduced sugar.
• There are new caloric requirements per grade ranges (K-5, 6-8, 9-12) that we must adhere to. This could effect the
  size of some items like bread. We have already started making these changes last year.
•  New sodium requirements do not start until 2014 but we are steadily starting to reduce the amount of sodium
  we allow in our meals.
  
   We realize that proper nutrition helps your student perform better in school. Over the past 5 years, Fraser Nutrition
  Services in partnership with Aramark Services have been taking steps to help make your student’s dining environment
  better by making changes in the appearance of the dining area, how they produce meals, and serve students. These
  small changes add up to help positively impact the overall health of your student. Last year Twain Elementary moved
  toward meeting the Healthier US Schools Challenge and formed a coordinated school health team. If you would like to
  help form one in your student’s school please contact the nutrition service director, Mandy Sosnowski at
  mandy.sosnowski@fraserk12.org