22nd Old Boys
Football Club
Policy Statement:
• Recognizes that healthy eating is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, and provides us with energy to live, learn and play
• Is committed to creating an environment that supports healthy eating.
Policy Goal:
To promote healthy eating behaviours by creating supportive nutrition environments.
Policy Objective:
To ensure that members of the are provided with healthy team snacks (when offered) during practices and games.
Guiding Principles:
Coaches have the responsibility to:
• Ensure that all team members and parents/guardians are made aware of this policy
• Support and contribute to the implementation of this policy
• Manage the review of this policy.
Parents/guardians are encouraged to:
• Provide healthy team snacks (when offered) during practices and games
• Seek clarification from coaches where required
• Support awareness of this policy among fellow parents.
Snack Ideas:
• Fresh cut veggies (carrots, cucumber, celery) and stringed or cut up cheese
• Unsweetened applesauce pouches or cups
• Fresh cut fruit (watermelon, oranges, apples, bananas, grapes, cherries, apricots)
• Canned peaches or fruit cups (packed in juice)
• Homemade peanut-free trail mix: dried fruit mixed with whole grain cereal
• Whole grain granola bars
• Stringed or cut up cheese and whole grain crackers or mini whole grain pitas
• Frozen yogurt tubes
• Encourage drinking water before, during and after physical activity.
Communication
• All parents/guardians will receive a copy of this policy when enrolling their player
• New members will be informed of this policy.
Review
• This policy will be reviewed at the start of each year/season.
