This guide offers policymakers and administrators the latest policy updates and recommendations about how to promote physical education, physical activity, and healthy eating policies in schools. It is based on the National Association of State Boards of Education’s Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn: A School Health Policy Guide, a comprehensive document developed in cooperation with the Division of Adolescent and School Health of the U.S. Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC).

The guide is organized into the following chapters:

• An overview of the obesity epidemic
• Rationale for obesity prevention
• Policies to promote physical education and activity
• Policies to promote nutrition and healthy eating
• Next steps for state policymakers