Outline of the state of New Hampshire
State
New Hampshire
Addressed

Category
Health Education K-12 Curriculum—Healthy Eating Nutrition—HS

Category
Health Education K-12 Curriculum—Healthy Eating Nutrition—HS

State law addresses healthy eating/nutrition.

New Hampshire Administrative Rules Ed 306.38 Family and Consumer Science Education Program

(1) Enable students to develop an awareness of career opportunities and to function as leaders in family, community, and work settings;

(2) Provide students with knowledge and experience in the following areas of:

a. Foods and nutrition;

b. Human growth and development;

c. Consumer and resource management; and

d. Textiles and design.

Policy Type
Regulation

New Hampshire Administrative Rules Ed 306.38 Family and Consumer Science Education Program

(c) The local school board shall require that a family and consumer science education program be provided in each high school.

(d) The program in each high school shall provide planned learning strategies and opportunities that:

Policy Type
Regulation

New Hampshire Administrative Rules Ed 306.40 Health Education Program

(2) A planned K-12 curriculum in health education designed to teach the skills listed in (b)(1) above across thefollowing content areas of health education:

  • a. Alcohol and other drug use prevention, in accordance with RSA 189:10;

  • b. Injury prevention;

  • c. Nutrition;

  • d. Physical activity;

  • e. Family life and comprehensive sexuality education, including instruction relative to abstinence and sexually transmitted infections in accordance with RSA 189:10;

  • f. Tobacco use prevention;

  • g. Mental health;

  • h. Personal and consumer health; and

  • i. Community and environmental health;

Policy Type
Regulation

New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated 189:11-a Food and Nutrition Programs

III. The state board shall prepare and distribute a curriculum for nutrition education and such curriculum shall be integrated into the regular courses of instruction for kindergarten and grades one through 12 during the school year.

Policy Type
Statute