Student Nutrition

Massachusetts Backs Off School Bake Sale Ban

AP | Posted 05.11.2012

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BOSTON -- Cupcakes, brownies and other baked goodies will be spared the chopping block at Massachusetts schools after Gov. Deval Patrick backed down f...

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Will New Laws Kill Off A Beloved School Tradition?

Posted 05.04.2012

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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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Report: 'Pink Slime' Was Served To Chicago Students

Posted 04.06.2012

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After avoiding the "pink slime" controversy for the most part, Chicago Public School officials are now admitting that students may have been served th...

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Why The Simple School Lunch Burger Patty Has 26 Ingredients

Posted 04.06.2012

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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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Dinner Is Now On The Menu In Nearly 200 California Schools

| Sue Frey | Posted 04.10.2012

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

Posted 04.02.2012

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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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District May Ease Junk Food Ban Amid Profit Loss

Posted 12.14.2011

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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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State Lawmaker Proposes Axing Gym Class Requirement

Posted 12.12.2011

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Florida lawmakers are considering a bill to eliminate a requirement that the state's 6th through 8th graders must take one semester of physical educat...

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How The Food Industry Controls School Meals

Posted 02.04.2012

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In a biting piece in The New York Times Sunday, investigative reporter Lucy Komisar offers an in-depth look at how the food industry -- and its comple...

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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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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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