Junk Food Free

After a two-year campaign led by students in the Nutrition Action Club, Codman Academy has adopted a policy to become a Junk Food Free campus. In our ten years of existence, the school has never served food or beverages high in sugar, fat or salt, but now the entire school is junk food free at all times.

If your school would like to learn more or start its own Nutrition Action Club, contact Wellness Director Lenward Gatison at lgatison@codmanacademy.org.

 

JUNK FOOD FREE POLICY

We are a Junk-Food Free campus!

This means healthy food only on campus (including before and after school) and during fieldwork.  Staff who encounter students with junk food will confiscate the item and dispose of it.  Repeated violations of the junk food free policy will result in further disciplinary action.

Junk food is any food or drink that is high in saturated fat, trans fat, sugar, salt, calories, and/or has little or no nutritional value.

Foods to avoid bringing on campus:

  • Carbonated beverages 
  • Sports & Energy drinks
  • Sweetened Iced Teas
  • Candy
  • Fast food
  • Packaged foods (chips, cookies)
  • Juices that are not made from 100% fruit juice and surpass 12 oz., which is the recommended daily amount. [It’s better to eat fruit than to drink it.]

Foods allowed on campus:

  • Water
  • Fruits
  • Vegetables
  • Beans
  • Lean meat (chicken- NOT fried!)
  • Whole grain carbs. (brown rice, whole grain bread and pasta)
  • Unsweetened Tea
  • Juices that are made with 100% fruit juice, but a daily amount of 12 oz. or less

Junk Food Free Media

Executive Director Meg Campbell's Huffington Post blog entry from October 2011, "To Save Lives: Why Our School Went Junk Food Free."