Childhood Nutrition

Do Kids Need to Snack? What the French Know That We Don't

Dina R. Rose | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Youth, Sociology, Nutrition, Fighting Childhood Obesity, Toddlers, Childhood Nutrition, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Childhood Obesity, Parents News

Americans try to prevent hunger. The French cultivate it.

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America's Obesity Battle Begins In Schools, Report Says

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: American Obesity Rates, American Obesity, Obesity Battle, Childhood Obesity, Student Health, Childhood Health, Nutrition Education, Childhood Nutrition, Schools, Obesity, Children's Health, Video, Education News

WASHINGTON -- Schools should be a cornerstone of the nation's obesity battle, but to trim Americans' waistlines, changes are needed everywhere people ...

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Breakfast In The Classroom Changing Student Performance

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Video, School Meals, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Connecticut Schools, Wexler/Grant School, School Lunches, Student Performance, Childhood Nutrition, School Breakfast Program, School Lunch, New Haven Connecticut, New Haven Schools, School Breakfasts, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. In the first month of a new experiment inside a Dixwell school, the number of kids eating...

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Corporate Profits or Healthy Babies?

Robert Weissman | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Nutrition, Health, Corporate Greed, Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility, Childhood Nutrition, Commercialism, Parenting, World Health Organization, Culture News

American society is not sufficiently supportive of breastfeeding, and the everyday realities of many new mothers' lives make exclusive breastfeeding very challenging.

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Country Music and ConAgra -- Ending Childhood Hunger?

Christina Pirello | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Healthy Eating, US Child Hunger, Childhood Nutrition, Child Hunger, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living News

Remember, it takes a village to raise a child, and this big village known as the United States can do better by its kids than feeding them cheap, processed foods.

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Why The Simple School Lunch Burger Patty Has 26 Ingredients

Posted 04.06.2012

The school burger has gotten more than its share of the spotlight lately as parents set off a media firestorm in a rally to remove the controversial, ...

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It's Hard Being Mean

Kelly Dorfman | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Stories, Parenting Tips, Childhood Obesity, Healthy Eating, Children and Food, Healthy Eating for Kids, Healthy Eating Habits, Childhood Nutrition, Parents News

In a world of too many choices, kids need parents to create a structure for healthy eating.

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Why Won't Jane and Johnny Eat Healthier at School?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Cedars Sinai, Children Health, Health, Kids Healthy Eating, Childhood Nutrition, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunches, Childhood Obesity, Los Angeles News

Now that the federal government has sought to get schools across the country to make healthier lunches, there's another tough question for us all: Will kids eat them?

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Hunger-Free Kids -- What a Great Idea!

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Childhood Nutrition, Nutrition, School Lunches, Childhood Obesity, Politics News

It's time for Congress to stop turning their backs on our children's health and to step forward, be more deeply involved, resist the special interests and make children's nutrition a priority.

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Put Away That Blender -- Feed Your Baby Real Solids

Dr. Veronica Anderson | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Fast Food, Childhood Nutrition, Baby-Led-Weaning, Childhood Obesity, Diet and Nutrition, Healthy Living News

There is no reason why modern technological advances need to get in the way of what our prehistoric ancestors have been doing all along. Let your baby choose the foods that nature intended for them to eat in the first place.

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Dinner Is Now On The Menu In Nearly 200 California Schools

| Sue Frey | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Public Schools, California Department of Education, School Suppers, School Lunches, Free and Reduced Price Lunches, Free School Lunches, Childhood Nutrition, San Diego Unified School District, School Dinners, Video, School Meals, After School Programs, Student Health, California Schools, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, School Lunch, Student Nutrition, Education News

This story comes to us courtesy of California's EdSource Extra. You've heard about free school lunches and breakfasts, but how about school suppers...

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Why New Jersey Parents Are Superior

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Meryl Streep, Diet and Nutrition, New York, Childhood Nutrition, New Jersey, Bruce Springstein, French Moms, French-Moms-Superior, New Jersey Parents, Parenting, Parents, Comedy News

While the French are raising happy, well-behaved children without all the anxiety, New Jersey moms have a secret of their own.

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Getting Kids To Eat Vegetables At School: Are Pictures The Answer?

Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Journal of the American Medical Association, Video, Minnesota Schools, School Meals, Healthy School Lunches, Richfield Minnesota, School Lunches, Vegetables in Schools, Minnesota Elementary School, Healthy School Meals, Childhood Nutrition, School Lunch, Child Nutrition, Student Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Education News

Getting young children to eat their servings of fruits and veggies, particularly in school, has been a long and hard struggle for parents, schools and...

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How I Became a Calorie Girl

Lindsay Pyfer | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Raising Children, Childhood Nutrition, Children's Health, Personal Health, Parenting Advice, Body Image, Parents News

I was six the day my mother called me into the bedroom she shared with my stepfather. My stepfather gently pinched the flesh near my waist between his thumb and forefinger. He said, "See this?" I shouldn't be able to pinch so much here."

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School Vending Machines Don't Make Tweens Gain Weight, Study Says

The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Video, Junk Food in Schools, Child Diet, School Vending Machines, Vending Machines in School, Childhood Nutrition, Schools, Health Food in Schools, Child Obesity, Public School Nutrition, Food News

The explosion of obesity and unhealthy eating among children in recent years is deadly serious. It's already increased the prevalence of things like d...

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FoodCorps Volunteers Teach Healthy Eating To At-Risk Young Kids (VIDEO)

Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: National School Lunch Program, Healthy Eating, School Lunches, School Nutrition, Foodcorps, Childhood Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Foodcorps Volunteer, Video, Healthy Living News

More than 17 percent of all children between the ages of two and 19 are clinically obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven...

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Giving Back and Getting Balanced

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Philanthropy, Work Life Balance, The Balanced Life, Partnership for a Healthier America, Personal Health, Common Threads, Work-Life Balance, Balance, Diabetes, Childhood Nutrition, UnitedHealth Group, Healthcare, Childhood Obesity, Healthy Living News

If we do not change our habits by 2020, children today will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. It would be the first time that this has happened in 200 years.

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District May Ease Junk Food Ban Amid Profit Loss

Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Vending Machine in Schools, School Lunches, Childhood Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Video, Seattle Junk Food Ban, Vending Machines, Junk Food Ban, School Junk Food Ban, School Vending, School Food, School Vending Machines, Student Health, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Seattle School Food, Student Nutrition, Seattle Schools, Education News

The Seattle School District is considering rewriting a policy enacted in 2004 that removed junk food from public schools, citing the ban's huge cut to...

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Despite Congress Backtrack, Schools Move Ahead With Healthy Meals

| Sue Frey | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Hunger Free Kids Act, Video, Healthy School Lunch Program, Healthy, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunches, Childhood Nutrition, Lunch Wars, School Lunch, Los Angeles Schools, Childhood Obesity, Education News

This story comes to us courtesy of California's EdSource Extra. A week after Congress backtracked on some key components of landmark school nutriti...

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Congress Says Pizza and French Fries Are Vegetables!

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Farm Bill, Food, Childhood Nutrition, 2012 Farm Bill, Nutrition, Earl Blumenauer, Politics News

Like many of you, when I heard that Congress decided that pizza is a vegetable, I thought it had to be a headline from The Onion.

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Oh No! The Farm Bill Stole My Baby! (video)

Nicole Betancourt | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Farm Bill, 2012 Farm Bill, Sarah Schenck, Parentearth, parentearth.com, Childhood Nutrition, The Farm Bill, Children's Health, Childhood Obesity, Video, Food News

Do you ever wonder why highly processed foods are so profitable for the food industry? The Farm Bill makes their primary ingredients cheaper, and fa...

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Schools Bring Breakfast Out Of The Cafeteria And Into The Classroom

| Joanna Lin | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Video, Compton Unified School District, School Means, School Nutrition, California Food Policy Advocates, Classroom Breakfast, Childhood Nutrition, Federal Income Standards, California School Breakfasts, California Students, School Breakfasts, Education News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. Every morning in Sarah McKerr's third-grade class at Foster Elementary School in Compton, st...

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Senate Votes To Save Potatoes In Schools

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 12.19.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Senate threw its support behind the potato Tuesday, voting to block an Obama administration proposal to limit the vegetable on schoo...

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Why So Many Toddlers Have Bad Eating Habits

Dina R. Rose | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Toddlers, Childhood Nutrition, Parenting, Children's Health, Nutrition, Parenting Advice, Childhood Obesity, Toddlers Nutrition, Toddlers Eating, Toddlers Eating Habits, Parents Toddlers, Parents News

Are you teaching your tots bad eating habits? Chances are, the answer is yes. Here are three common mistakes parents make that teach their toddlers bad habits, and three fixes that you can implement today.

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Food Court: Winners And Losers Of The Week

Food52 | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Food News, Book Publishing, Small Business, Food Stamps, Cookbooks, food52, Food Policy, Cookbook Publishing, Childhood Nutrition, School Lunch, Alton Brown, Hunger, Publishing, Nutrition, Food Insecurity, Starbucks, Julia Child, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Food News

In which Shelly Peppel and Fran Brennan, the editors of Food52 News, pass judgement on the week's top food news. • Winner: The man...

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