Schools reported the manner in which their nutrition education efforts are coordinated by a person or group. The majority of public schools (61 percent) have no nutrition education coordination, meaning each teacher is responsible for his or her nutrition lessons (table 6). About 9 percent of the schools have one person within the school coordinating nutrition education; 24 percent coordinate using a group or committee; and about 6 percent have someone outside the school, for example from the district, coordinate nutrition education. Coordination from outside the school is more likely for elementary schools (8 percent) compared with middle schools (3 percent), and.
