Nutrition In The Schools

Check out this article on Prevention.com citing the evidence that food dyes are harmful to our bodies and can easily enter our bloodstream. . . . → Read More: A New Fear About Food Dyes

Check out this article summarizing the USDA changes in school lunch requirements that suspend maximum amounts for grains and meat or meat alternatives. . . . → Read More: U.S. loosens rules aimed at healthier school meals

Check out this article from the Harvard School of Public Health on how to choose healthy carbs. . . . → Read More: Choose good carbs, not no carbs

Check out this Philadelphia Inquirer editorial on why we should continue to find ways to encourage children to eat healthier foods and not go back to the junk food in school. . . . → Read More: Serve schoolchildren healthier cafeteria food

Check out this 5 reason list (also available as a PDF file) on why school and junk food don’t mix plus 5 steps educators can take to help fix this problem. . . . → Read More: Why school and junk food don’t mix

Check out this Philadelphia Inquirer article explaining the new USDA school lunch changes this year including the requirement for children to take a fruit or vegetable. . . . → Read More: Eat your fruits and veggies, or else

Check out of our latest post for a Q&A with Kate Adamick, author of a new book on how to serve healthy food with a limited budget in school lunch. . . . → Read More: Beyond chicken patties: How to improve school lunch without spending more

Check out our latest blog post for a new study linking healthier weight in children with strict laws on school snacks plus an opinion article on why we need to stop making junk food the norm for children. . . . → Read More: Recent Articles

See our latest blog post for some of the positive changes schools across the country are making to meet the new standards required for federal meal reimbursement. . . . → Read More: Schools scrambling to serve up healthier lunch choices

Yesterday the Walt Disney Co. announced plans to stop advertising junk food to children on its TV channels. Check out our latest post for more details. . . . → Read More: Disney to quit taking ads for junk food aimed at kids

An act known as the SLICE Act has been introduced in congress in response to the decision last fall which allowed pizza to be considered a vegetable in school lunches. . . . → Read More: Congressman says pizza is NOT a vegetable, introduces SLICE Act

For recent news and videos on childhood obesity and associated health risk factors, see this recent article in the journal Pediatrics and the HBO Documentary Weight of the Nation. . . . → Read More: Childhood Obesity

Check out this informative Reuters Special Report on how food industry lobbyists are helping to defeat measures proposed to fight childhood obesity. . . . → Read More: How Washington Went Soft on Childhood Obesity