Posts Tagged by School lunch
Hot Off the Press: Special Journal Issue Dedicated to Improving School Food (Helpful Info for Parents and Educators!)
August 16, 2012 | Posted by Stacy under Improving school food |
Wow, wow, wow. The journal Childhood Obesity just published a special issue dedicated to the role that schools can and should play in encouraging kids to develop good eating habits. (Super-exciting for a school food geek like me!). Edited by David L. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center, it contains articles […] more
Insider Secrets to Healthy School Food: Q&A with Matoaka Elementary (A Real-life Success Story!)
June 12, 2012 | Posted by Stacy under Improving school food |
Improving school food: Yes, it can be an uphill battle! So when someone succeeds in making positive changes, I can’t help but wonder: How the heck did they do it?!? A few weeks ago, I wrote about the very impressive activities of the Healthy Lifestyles Committee at Matoaka Elementary School in Williamsburg, Va. Under the […] more
Why Are Kids Gaining Weight?: An Alternate Theory (and How Changing School Food is Crucial to Preventing It!)
May 23, 2012 | Posted by Stacy under Improving school food, Sugar, Weight prevention |
TIME magazine’s recent cover photo of a 3-year-old breastfeeding seems to have overshadowed another provocative one from Newsweek, which features a baby holding super-size fries and the headline: “When I Grow Up, I’m Going to Weigh 300 Lbs. Help!” Inside the magazine, the story that inspired the cover shot (“The New Obesity Campaigns Have It All […] more

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