May 22, 2013

Edition: U.S.

School Meals

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The 25 Cent Solution That Can Help 20 Million Kids Solve Hunger

Hunter Biden | Posted 04.26.2013 | Impact

Read More: School Meals, Hunger, Poverty, Live Below the Line, World Food Program, Child Hunger, World Food Program USA, Live Below the Line Challenge, Impact News

Live Below the Line is a national campaign to help alleviate extreme poverty by challenging Americans to eat and drink for less than the global poverty line -- $1.50 a day -- as 1.4 billion people on our planet must do every day.

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Fattest Country In The World: Are Schools To Blame For America's Obesity Epidemic?

Posted 02.05.2013 | Home

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To borrow a line from Kermit the frog, it's not easy being green -- or, eating green. America is the fattest country in the world, and only ranks s...

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Bob Marley Drink Sickens Students At New Jersey Schools

AP | Posted 02.03.2013 | Home

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HOLMDEL TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Officials have removed a drink named after reggae icon Bob Marley after several New Jersey students were sickened. Mar...

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Talking Turkey on Junk Food in Schools

Monifa Bandele | Posted 01.22.2013 | Parents

Read More: School Meals, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Thanksgiving, Childhood Nutrition, Obesity, Usda Guidelines, School Snacks, Kids and Food, School Lunch, Junk Food in Schools, Junk Food, Parents News

Lots of thought and effort go into the meals we serve at home and on holidays. And, there is an equally serious and intense conversation happening right now about the profound impact that school foods have on the health of our children.

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What School Lunches Look Like Around The World

Posted 11.09.2012 | Home

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School lunch has been a contentious issue this year, ever since First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack rolled out their new s...

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Robotics Grad Remembers Childhood as a Refugee

Justin Smith | Posted 12.25.2012 | Impact

Read More: School Meals, World Food Programme, Refugees, South Sudan, United Nations, Impact News

Chep Makur Chuot still remembers the first time he set foot inside the crowded school room at the Kakuma refugee camp Kenya. He was a frightened nine-year-old boy who had lost his father and his home to the conflict in South Sudan.

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New USDA Nutrition Guidelines Could Help Children Reclaim Their Childhoods

Elisa Batista | Posted 12.12.2012 | Parents

Read More: Healthy Eating, National School Lunch Program, Latinos, Usda, School Meals, School Lunches, Child Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Hunger-Free Kids Act, Parents News

The subject of obesity shouldn't be taboo. We need to talk about its causes and what we can do as a society to address it because it is killing us.

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Jon Stewart Takes On School Lunch Fight, Tells Kids: Eat Your Food!

Posted 11.28.2012 | Home

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There's been quite a bit of tension since First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack rolled out their new school lunch initiative...

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Healthier School Meals Despite Agribiz Lobbying

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 11.26.2012 | Healthy Living

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Back to school can be a time of adjustment. Just as students might need time to adjust to new teachers and subjects, the school lunch program might need time before it is fully accepted by students or financially successful.

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Weight Problems Plague Students During School Hours

Posted 09.25.2012 | Home

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Besides the obvious health problems associated with obesity -- such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes -- overweight children often fa...

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Military Leaders: School Lunches, Vending Machines Threat To U.S. Fighting Force

Reuters | Posted 12.06.2012 | Home

Read More: Junk Food, School Meals, Video, U.S. Military, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunches, Reuters, Student Obesity, Student Health, School Vending Machines, School Lunch, School Junk Food, Childhood Obesity, Home News

* Obesity a top reason young adults can't join military -experts * Report: U.S. school kids eat 400 billion excess calories a year ...

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School Meals Get a Makeover

Jeremy Everett | Posted 11.19.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Food Insecurity, Texas Hunger Initiative, Texas, School Meals, Jeremy Everett, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, School Lunch Program, School Lunches Texas, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunches, Healthy School Lunch, School Lunch Guidelines, Health News, School Lunch Texas, School Lunch, School Lunch Legislation, Healthy Living News

These and other changes are part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. I applaud the federal government for taking this important step that allows schools to create and reinforce healthy eating habits.

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Schools Using Cutting-Edge Market Research To Get Kids To Eat Healthy

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 10.20.2012 | Home

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DENVER -- There will be more whole grains on school lunch menus this year, along with a wider selection of fruits and vegetables and other healthy opt...

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Do Junk Food Laws Actually Work To Fight Kids' Obesity?

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 08.13.2012 | Home

Read More: School Meals, Junk Food in Schools, Healthy School Lunches, Childhood Obesity, Student Health, School Food, School Lunches, School Junk Food, Children's Health, Junk Food, Junk Food Laws, School Lunch, Video, Home News

CHICAGO -- Laws strictly curbing school sales of junk food and sweetened drinks may play a role in slowing childhood obesity, according to a study tha...

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Conference Previews Healthier School Lunch Meals

Posted 10.02.2012 | Home

Read More: Fruits and Vegetables, School Lunch Legislation, Michelle Obama School Lunches, School Meals, Cooking From Scratch, Healthier School Lunches, School Lunches, School Nutrition Association, School Lunch, Denver, Home News

With new federal Department of Agriculture nutrition standards for school meals slated to take effect this month, thousands of school chefs, food serv...

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Study: Proposed School Lunch Nutrition Guidelines Will Benefit School Budgets

Posted 10.02.2012 | Home

Read More: Michelle Obama, School Nutrition Standards, Tom Vilsack, Healthy School Lunches, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, School Lunches, Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, Health Impact Project, Michelle Obama School Lunches, School Lunch Legislation, Video, School Meals, Student Health, Usda, Student Nutrition, US Department of Agriculture, Home News

Updating national nutrition standards for snack foods and beverages sold in schools -- a move proposed by first lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Se...

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Districts Look To Debt Collectors, Stricter Policies, For Unpaid Lunches

Posted 08.15.2012 | Home

Read More: West Virginia Schools, School Meals, Free Lunch, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunch Debt, Free and Reduced Price Lunches, School Lunches, Usda, School Lunch, US Department of Agriculture, Free Lunches, Home News

Americans are likely hearing from debt collectors more in recent years than in the past, but a practice that may become even more common: debt collect...

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Will New Laws Kill Off A Beloved School Tradition?

Posted 05.04.2012 | Home

Read More: Video, Michelle Obama, Jamie Oliver, School Meals, Agriculture Department School Lunch, School Lunches, School Bake Sales, Student Health, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bake Sales, Usda, Student Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Home News

Is the tradition of school bake sales nearing an end? At a time when school communities are forced to increase fundraising efforts amid tighter...

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Breakfast In The Classroom Changing Student Performance

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 06.17.2012 | Home

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, Home 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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Schools Can Opt Out Of 'Pink Slime'

HuffingtonPost.com | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 03.15.2012 | Home

Read More: Pink Slime in Schools, School Meals, Video, Healthy School Lunches, Lean Beef Trimmings, School Lunches, Soylent Pink, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Salmonella, Usda, Healthy School Meals, Pink Slime, US Department of Agriculture, E. Coli, Pink Slime Meat, Home News

"Pink slime" might soon have a leaner presence in public schools than many might have initially anticipated. The U.S. Department of Agriculture an...

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Feds Buying 7 Million Pounds Of 'Pink Slime' For School Lunches

Posted 03.08.2012 | Home

Read More: Pink Slime in Schools, Video, School Meals, Healthy School Lunches, Lean Beef Trimmings, School Lunches, Soylent Pink, Salmonella, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Pink Slime, Healthy School Meals, Usda, US Department of Agriculture, E. Coli, Pink Slime Meat, Home News

Pink slime -- that ammonia-treated meat in a bright Pepto-bismol shade -- may have been rejected by fast food joints like McDonald's, Taco Bell and Bu...

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Dinner At School: More Public Schools Dish Up 3 Meals A Day

AP | By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | Posted 02.18.2012 | Home

Read More: School Dinners, Oakland Unified School District, Department of Agriculture, School Meals, Kansas City Schools, Missouri Schools, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, Garfield Elementary School, School Lunches, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Usda, Barack Obama, Home News

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Too often it is after the fact that teachers discover their students are worrying less about math and reading and more about where...

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Student's Homemade Turkey Sandwich Taken For Nuggets Was Teacher's Mistake

AP | By EMERY DALESIO | Posted 02.17.2012 | Home

RALEIGH, N.C. -- It was a tale of government meddling that outraged radio talk show hosts and a pair of Congress members: A 4-year-old was forced to d...

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Preschooler's Homemade Turkey Sandwich Replaced With Nuggets

Posted 04.16.2012 | Home

Read More: Michelle Obama, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunches, Usda Guidelines, Child Nutrition, School Nuggets, Child Health, School Meals, Jamie Oliver, Video, School Cafeteria, Student Health, North Carolina Schools, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, US Department of Agriculture, Chicken Nuggets, North Carolina, Home News

A preschool student at West Hoke Elementary School in North Carolina ended up eating three chicken nuggets for lunch two weeks ago -- because a state ...

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Dinner Is Now On The Menu In Nearly 200 California Schools

| Sue Frey | Posted 04.10.2012 | Home

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, Home 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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