Healthy School Lunch

March Madness: School Lunch, Pink Slime and National Nutrition Month

Meryl Ain, Ed.D. | Posted 03.28.2012

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Meryl Ain, Ed.D.

National Nutrition Month is designed to focus attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. I wonder how many parents would choose "pink slime."

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Aaron Sankin

Fight Over Food Trucks Heats Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.29.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- At a Tuesday morning press conference on the steps of City Hall, San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener gave official voice to somethi...

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It's Cool to BYOL (Bring Your Own Lunch) to School

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 11.21.2011

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Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.

As parents, we know that good nutrition will help our children grow-up healthy, but what foods comprise a healthy meal? Here are some "good nutrition" guidelines for you to follow when your kids BYOL.

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Chicago Public School Bans Home-Packed Lunches

Posted 06.11.2011

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School lunches aren't what they used to be. At some city schools, ham and cheese sandwiches have been replaced with greasy pizza, burgers and french f...

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Eating Green: An Interview with Helge Hellberg About the Rising Food Movement

Annie Spiegelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Annie Spiegelman

It's estimated that 27 percent of American 17- to 24-year-olds are now "too fat to serve" (in the military). Can the rising green-food movement save us from becoming America: home of the blobs?

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