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Fast food: Students struggle with healthy options in short lunch periods

September 5, 2013

By Joanna Lin The green beans are portioned and displayed in orderly rows. The lasagnas are steaming up their plastic covers. The workers stand ready, their hair netted and aprons tied. The bell rings, and a stream of nearly 1,000...
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Some districts quit healthier school lunch program; kids turn up their noses at low-cal meals

September 3, 2013

After just one year, some schools around the country are dropping out of the healthier new federal lunch program, complaining that so many students turned up their noses at meals packed with whole grains, fruits, and vegetables that the cafeterias...
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Boyd Swinburn: Coke changing its stripes on health? Fat chance

August 8, 2013

By Boyd Swinburn [NCCOR Envision Member] Coca-Cola has launched a massive PR campaign to convince everyone that it is now part of the solution to the obesity epidemic. However, the promise of an ounce of a Coke-sponsored sports program in...
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USDA awards contract to Chobani Greek yogurt for school lunch test

August 6, 2013

By Mark Weiner The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a contract to Chobani of Chenango County, N.Y., to supply four states with its Greek yogurt for a school lunch pilot program, according to members of New York's congressional delegation....
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Kids have fun getting fit

August 5, 2013

By Amy Moritz Jillian Huber watched as her son, Jeffrey, ran down the inflatable track and sprinted over to the bounce house. The 2½-year-old was filled with toddler energy and he was using every morsel of it. Some days, when Huber...
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Minneapolis Public Schools food truck promotes healthy lunch for all kids

July 30, 2013

By Margo Ashmore “My son ate broccoli and carrots for the first time, seeing his peers do it. And the ranch dressing helped,” said Andrea Worsfeld, picnicking at Jackson Square Park [in Minneapolis, Minn.] with her 2-year-old son, his 6-week-old sibling,...
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‘Prescription’ for fruits, vegetables city’s next remedy in battle against obesity

July 29, 2013

By Casey Tolan and Larry Mcshane Take two tomatoes and call me in the morning. City officials unveiled a new get-healthy program July 23 where doctors will “prescribe” a menu of fresh fruits and vegetables to patients battling obesity. “This...
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Nutrition standards won’t fix ‘Big Food’s’ worst child marketing tactics

July 11, 2013

By Michele Simon Last month, I participated in an important panel at a childhood obesity conference to discuss the current strategy backed by some advocacy groups: asking industry to market "healthier" foods to children. But as Susan Linn and I...
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USDA’s new nutrition standards mean healthier food options in school vending machines and snack bars

July 3, 2013

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on June 27 that under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new "Smart Snacks in School" nutrition standards, America's students will be offered healthier food options during the school day. "Nothing is more important than...
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American Heart Association Voices for Healthy Kids’ Request for Award

June 19, 2013

BACKGROUND Over the past four decades, obesity rates have soared among all age groups.  Today, nearly one-third of children and adolescents in the United States are either overweight or obese. Obese and overweight children and adolescents are more likely to...
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