This webinar will go over the basics of the Healthier US School Challenge (HUSSC). As part of the Team Nutrition grant that NV was awarded, we will be helping to work with districts and schools over the next three years to get schools certified as a HUSSC school. The webinar will cover how to apply and the benefits of receiving this certification.

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HUSSC: Smarter
Lunchrooms
Brittany Mally RD, LD
Quality Assurance Specialist
December 13, 2016
Professional Standards Learning Topic
Codes: 3200 & 4160

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HUSSC: SL
Agenda
• What is HUSSC:SL
• Smarter Lunchroom Movement
• Benefits of applying
• Challenge Criteria
• Applying for HUSSC
• Next steps and future trainings/technical
assistance
• Resources

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HUSSC: SL
• What is HUSSC:SL?
– Healthier US School
Challenge: Smarter
Lunchrooms
– Voluntary recognition
award
– Excellence in nutrition
and physical activity
– 4 different award levels
• Bronze
• Silver/Gold
• Gold award of distinction

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HUSSC: SL
HUSSC in Nevada
– Only one HUSSC school in NV
• Traner Middle School in
WCSD (Silver)
– There are more eligible out
there
– Over 3,800 HUSSC certified
schools in the US

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HUSSC: SL
Team Nutrition Grant
Goals
– HUSSC:SL certified
schools in Nevada
• TA and instructions will be
provided
– Increase # of schools
utilizing the SLM
strategies
– SLM regional training this
coming February and
March
• Reno/Sparks
• Elko
• Las Vegas

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What is the SLM?
- Smarter Lunchroom
Movement
- A smarter lunchroom is one
that nudges kids towards
nutritious foods.
Core Values of SL
- Low & no-cost solutions
- Lunchroom environment
focus
- Promotion of healthful
eating behaviors
- Sustainability
HUSSC: SL

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6 SL Principals aim to:
- Manage portion sizes
- Increase convenience
- Improve visibility
HUSSC: SL
-Enhance taste expectations
-Use suggestive selling
-Set smart pricing strategies

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How it works & the evidence
- Moving and highlighting fruit increased sales of
fruit by up to 102 percent.
- Naming vegetables and displaying the new
names with the foods increased selection of
vegetables from between 40–70 percent.
- Introducing a “healthy choices only” convenience
line increased the sale of “healthy items” by 35
percent.
- Placing chocolate milk behind white milk
increased white milk sales by 46 percent.
HUSSC: SL

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HUSSC: SL
• Benefits of being a
HUSSC school
– Financial Incentives
– Local, state, & national
recognition
– Demonstrate
commitment to the
improvement of school
health
– Great idea for one of
your SW goals to be
submitted to NDA each
year
$2,000 for
Gold
Award of
Distinction
$1,500 for
Gold
Award
$1,000 for
Silver
Award
$500 for
Bronze
Award

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Challenge Criteria
HUSSC: SL
• Participate in the NSLP and SBP
• Be a Team Nutrition school
– Join free!
• Be 6-cent certified
• Meet USDA nutrition standards
• Meet Smart Snack Nutrition Standards
• Provide nutrition education, physical education, and
opportunities for physical activity
• All corrective actions completed
• Smarter Lunchroom techniques implemented

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How to Meet the HUSSC Criteria
• Form a school challenge team
• Solicit & inform parents, teachers,
school nurses, community
members, school admin staff, etc.
• Work with the NDA staff to receive
technical assistance meeting the
criteria and completing the
application
• Seek resources and additional
training through organizations
such as Institute of Child Nutrition
& Action for Healthy Kids
HUSSC: SL

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HUSSC: SL
Applying for HUSSC
– Complete & submit a SL self-
assessment score card
– Review the HUSSC checklist for
the award level in which you’re
applying. Submit all supporting
documentation
– Recipients of the Alliance for a
Healthier Generation Healthy
Schools Program National
Recognition Award may be
eligible for a streamlined
application process.
https://healthymeals.fns.usda.gov/hsmrs/HUSSC/

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Tips for applying
- Pull together your team
- Review the app and note questions
- Review district SWP & list ways schools are
implementing the policy
- Can include multiple schools on one app if
certain criteria are met
- Same menu and same foods are served
- Same nutrition edu, physical education, & physical
activity are provided
- Same competitive foods and beverages sold
- Each school follows the district SWP
HUSSC: SL

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More tips!
- Filter through schools in your district that already
meet unchangeable criteria
- Average Daily Participation % (ADP)
- Physical education teachers at schools
- Does your school have gaps?
- Check out AFHK’s Game on! The Ultimate Wellness
Challenge
- http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/game-on
- Recruit colleagues to help complete application
- Divide & conquer!
- Don’t be afraid to ask us questions, we are here to
provide TA
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HUSSC: SL
Going Forward & Next Steps
– Take a look at the application
– Fill out a SLM self-assessment score
card…will be a part of the SLM trainings
– SLM regional trainings this coming
February and March (dates to be released
soon!)
• Reno/Sparks
• Elko
• Las Vegas
– SWP Implementation regional trainings
end of April & early May
• Core Purpose Consulting group
• School wellness champions from AZ
• HUSSC will be a topic
– Contact us if interested in becoming a
HUSSC:SL school

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Resources
• HUSSC:SL application
– https://healthymeals.fns.usda.gov/hsmrs/HUSSC/
• SLM self-assessment score card
– http://smarterlunchrooms.org/resource/lunchroom-self-assessment-
score-card
• USDA HUSSC Training and Technical Assistance
– http://www.fns.usda.gov/hussc/training-and-technical-assistance
• Team Nutrition
– http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/join-team-become-team-nutrition-school
• Alliance for a Healthier Generation
– https://schools.healthiergeneration.org/search/district/
• AFHK sample application
– http://bit.ly/1AcXRRp
HUSSC: SL

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HUSSC: SL
Questions
Brittany Mally
b.mally@agri.nv.gov
775-353-3663