School Nutrition

Obese American Children Outgrowing School Desks

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.17.2012

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Schools across the country are pioneering big changes in the classroom -- to accomodate the 17 percent of U.S. children who are overweight or obese, a...

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

AP | By EMERY DALESIO | Posted 02.17.2012

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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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Schools And Parents Must Work Together To Fight Childhood Obesity

Oz Garcia | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Healthy Eating, Junk Food in Schools, School Lunches, School Nutrition, Global Motherhood, School Junk Food, Child Nutrition, Children's Health, Childhood Obesity, Parents News
Oz Garcia

Children need to learn to develop a taste for healthy foods both in and out of the home. Schools cannot be complicit in bombarding their students with poor food choices and undoing a parent's hard work.

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Junk Foods Widely Available At Elementary Schools, Study Shows

AP | By LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 02.06.2012

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CHICAGO -- Junk food remains plentiful at the nation's elementary schools despite widespread efforts to curb childhood obesity, a new study suggests. ...

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

Posted 01.06.2012

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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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Low-Income Schools Less Likely To Have Daily Recess

| Sandy Slater | Posted 02.11.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of Education Nation's The Learning Curve blog. Sandy Slater, Research Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Adminis...

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School Soda Bans Don't Actually Keep Kids From Sugary Drinks

Posted 01.08.2012

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Just banning soda from schools doesn't actually curb student consumption of sugary drinks, according to new research. Access to and student purchas...

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Schools Bring Breakfast Out Of The Cafeteria And Into The Classroom

2011-03-16-Screenshot20110316at9.39.25AM.jpeg | Joanna Lin | Posted 12.27.2011

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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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Mysterious Blogger Who Exposed Bad School Lunches Revealed

Posted 12.05.2011

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It all started one day at the beginning of last year when she forgot to pack her lunch. Mrs. Q -- a pseudonym that this elementary school teacher u...

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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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Back to School and Back to Good Food

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 10.24.2011

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Danielle Nierenberg

As summer comes to an end, school is just around the corner for children across the United States. For children enrolled in state schools, this typically means the return of unhealthy lunches.

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: How Availability Affects Healthy Choices

Tim Harlan, M.D. | Posted 07.24.2011

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Tim Harlan, M.D.

If you're trying to eat healthier and help your family do the same, choose better foods to have in the house and advocate for better choices in your kids' schools.

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The Controversy Over Banning Chocolate Milk In Schools

Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D. | Posted 06.20.2011

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Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D.

Flavored milk is not the nutritional equivalent of unflavored milk. It is significantly higher in calories, sugar, and sodium, and usually contains artificial colors and flavors.

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Will Kids Eat Healthy School Lunches?

Posted 05.25.2011

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As schools across the nation try to replace fattening lunch menus with healthier items, they are seeing less children wanting to eat the lunches. Acc...

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162 School Lunches: Would You Eat Them? One Teacher Did, And Blogged About It

Posted 05.25.2011

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On January 2010, Mrs. Q, began a daunting task. An elementary teacher using "Mrs. Q" as a pen name to preserve her anonymity, decided to eat school lu...

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OBESITY BE GONE: Clinton Announces Plan For Healthier Kids

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI — Former President Bill Clinton has announced an agreement with leading food manufacturers to provide healthier school lunch options. Cli...

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Targeting Junk-Food-Filled Vending Machines In Schools

Oz Garcia | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oz Garcia

Children will adapt to what they are given. Put a junk food-filled vending machine in front of a child and more than likely he will dial for Doritos.

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Pepsi Will Remove High-Calorie Sodas from Schools by 20

walletpop.com | Sarah CoffeyMar 17th 2010 at 6:00AM | Posted 05.25.2011

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PepsiCo, the world's No. 2 soft-drink maker, says it is removing its full-calorie sweetened drinks from schools in more than 200 countries by 2012. Th...

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