Sentences with phrase «serving healthful food»

Serving healthful food to children should be central to the school system's mission and run by school officials, not by a for - profit company, she said.

TLT: You may recall a comment from one of my Lunch Tray readers who took issue with the notion that just because parents are less well off, they have to forgo serving healthful food.

And if course, serving healthful food rather than junk at any age is a good idea, even if you don't get them to love.

The researchers found that when participants were presented with a scenario in which a restaurant presented nutrition information and served healthful food options, the participants were significantly more likely to perceive that the restaurant was socially responsible.

Not exact matches

I know there are many out there who regard the lifting of these caps with suspicion, but three school food experts whom I greatly respect (Justin Gagnon, Dana Woldow and «Wilma,» my anonymous school food professional) all guest blogged here to explain that the caps were impeding schools» ability to serve healthful and more creative meals.

Serve a variety of foods, including vegetables and fruits, even if it is just a tablespoon on your child's plate that he doesn't touch, to get him used to healthful foods.

It seems to me, then, that an easier — and arguably more healthful * — solution to the LAUSD food waste problem would be educating kids about «offer versus serve,» including by posting in LAUSD cafeterias signs like this one:

Workers who serve meals in Chicago Public Schools say the majority of kids are not eating the healthful new foods on the cafeteria menu, according to a confidential survey released Tuesday.

It is sad to think of what is going to happen next year with the new regulation changes, larger servings of the food types that are more healthful, but still no time to eat.

At a June meeting between Houston ISD Food Services and its Parent Advisory Commitee, some PAC members suggested that rather than offering junk food, the a la carte menu could also be a way to offer foods that are more healthful than the regular school lunch — salads, fresh sandwich wraps and the like — but which are too expensive to serve under the federally subsidized progFood Services and its Parent Advisory Commitee, some PAC members suggested that rather than offering junk food, the a la carte menu could also be a way to offer foods that are more healthful than the regular school lunch — salads, fresh sandwich wraps and the like — but which are too expensive to serve under the federally subsidized progfood, the a la carte menu could also be a way to offer foods that are more healthful than the regular school lunch — salads, fresh sandwich wraps and the like — but which are too expensive to serve under the federally subsidized program.

Specifically, the SNA is asking to: keep the level of whole grains in the total number of grain foods served at 25 %; avoid further reductions in sodium; eliminate the requirement that kids take fruit or a vegetable with their meal (returning to the old system in which kids could — and often did — pass up those healthful foods); and allow schools to sell on a daily basis a la carte items like pizza and fries, as opposed to the current plan which would allow these items to be sold only on the same day they appeared on the main lunch line.

Schools will require the inclusion of healthful food choices at events and celebrations where food is served

As Dayle Hayes, the registered dietitian who runs the School Meals That Rock Facebook page told me, «Thousands of schools are balancing complex regulations, limited budgets and picky eating habits to serve delicious, healthful real school food that real students eat and enjoy.»

Instead, the program is intended to serve the millions of impoverished American children whose parents can not send them to school with a home - packed lunch for a whole host of possible reasons that never seem to cross Parker's mind: the family's SNAP benefits fail to cover a month's worth of healthful food, in light of today's rising food costs; there is only one parent in the household and he or she works one or more jobs and is not home to pack a lunch; one or both caretakers are drug - addicted, mentally ill, physically disabled or otherwise unable to adequately provide for their children; the family lives in a homeless shelter and lacks access to kitchen facilities; the family lives in a food desert where healthful groceries are scarce, etc. etc..

Nuts serve as an excellent protein - rich food having a healthful of benefits if included in your diet in the right amounts.

While it's still not perfect, the newly revised one (which will begin rolling out in 2017) will enable consumers to make more healthful food choices, thanks to new features such as serving size adjustments and the addition of «added sugars.»

«Among the obstacles: budgeting for the higher costs of purchasing and preparing more healthful foods; coaxing children to accept the more healthful options; and addressing the multitude of ways that unhealthful foods and drinks are sold or served outside of school meals, from classroom birthday parties to school - wide bake sales and sporting events,» the report says.