Implementation of the Department of Education; Policy and Guidelines on Healthy Food and Beverage Choices

Abstract

The study focused on the extent of the implementation of the policy and guidelines on healthy foods and beverages in secondary schools in the third district of Pangasinan. It also determined the observance of the canteen managers and store owners towards the implementation of the policy and guidelines and the degree of problems they have encountered in its implementation. The study was delimited to canteen managers and store owners inside and outside (five-ten meters away) the school in national high schools’ main campus in the Third District of Pangasinan. This study looked into the profile of the stores; extent of the implementation of Department of Education’s policy and guidelines on healthy foods and beverages; classification of foods and beverages; problems encountered and the relationships of the extent of the implementation and classification of foods and beverages across variables.