When schools kick high-sugar sodas and high-fat chips off their campuses, food service department revenues tend to increase, according to a new report by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The findings, released on Friday, April 22 by UC Berkeley's Center for Weight and Health, provide encouraging news to school officials concerned about the budgetary hit they might take if they eliminate unhealthy food from school grounds. "Our results show that when kids have less access to high-fat, high-sugar snack foods and beverages, they will switch to healthier meals," said Patricia Crawford, co-director of UC Berkeley's Center for Weight and Health and co-author of the report. "This trend can benefit the students' health as well as the school food service department's bottom line."

New GO, SLOW, and WHOA Food List

CATCH uses a simple method to teach children and their families about eating healthy, by categorizing foods into three groups: GO, SLOW, and WHOA.  The goal is to teach that while all food types can be consumed every day, most of our food should be from the GO list. Coordinated through classroom lessons, cafeteria signage and menus, and even physical education games, the GO, SLOW and WHOA concepts are reinforced though multiple channels each day. View the new GO, SLOW, WHOA list by clicking below. 

GO, SLOW, and WHOA

Are you trying something new in your class or cafeteria?

If so, why don't you share that with us. It could be anything like a new lesson plan for healthier snacks, or a new way to create menus for your students. If you are doing something new and would like to share it with the CATCH community, and we put it on our website, we'll send you a FlagHouse gift certificate for $100 that you can use towards CATCH products and promotions. Call us at 1-800-793-7900, ext. 7539, or share with us what your school is doing!

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