This informative webinar for
child nutrition directors features experts from CDE's Nutrition Services Division and
child nutrition directors from three California districts: Oakland Unified School District (USD); West Contra Costa USD; and Shasta County Office of Education.
To order a kit, have your school
child nutrition director or cafeteria manager.
In Mobile, Alabama,
child nutrition director Susan Yates organized a Commodities Cook - off, challenging cafeteria staff to get creative with their USDA commodity allocation.
«We literally have parents who have never paid for the students» lunches the entire time they have attended elementary school,» Carbon School District
child nutrition director Patti Rigby said in a statement.
Not exact matches
Dubost also serves as senior
director of
nutrition at the National Restaurant Association (NRA) where she helped develop and implement of the award - winning, nationally recognized healthy
children's dining program called, «Kids LiveWell.»
The new Half Pint juices from Daily Greens ™ are a fresh, practical way for parents to boost their
children's
nutrition,» said Nona Evans, Whole Kids Foundation Executive
Director.
«The «pizza is a vegetable» thing is so blown out of proportion,» says
director of
nutrition services (Hickman Mills) Leah Schmidt, as she explains ways schools and suppliers work together to deliver healthier meals to school
children.
Beverly is the
Director of Food and
Nutrition Services for Sarasota County Schools, Florida, where she manages the
child nutrition operations of 50 schools.
As Sports
Nutrition Month at MomsTEAM rolls into its third week, we hear from
child nutrition expert, Valerie Berkowitz,
Director of
Nutrition Education at The Center for Balanced Health:
One of the speakers at Veggie Fest, Dr. James Gruft,
director and founder of From Pain to Wellness, LLC, and a vegetarian who is raising his 12 - year - old twins as vegetarian, says he has seen first - hand not only how healthy his
children are, but how a change in diet improves his patients»
nutrition while reducing their chronic pain.
SNA Past President Dora Rivas, RD, LD, SNS is the executive foodservice
director of
child and
nutrition services, where today breakfast - in - the - classroom is served in every school — free of charge.
Please help them accomplish this extremely important task by communicating directly with the school
nutrition manager in your
child's school or with the district's school
nutrition director.
The Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act recognized the need for USDA to establish education and training standards for all school
nutrition personnel — including school
nutrition assistants; managers; district supervisors and
directors; and state agency
directors as a means of helping to ensure that school
nutrition programs meet the goal of healthy
children ready to learn.
At the time, Gifford's
director was creating a
child nutrition program from the ground up for neighboring Fairport Harbor, which in its 93 years as a school had never had a school lunch program.
«We found that one out of six kids hadn't had breakfast before they got to school — and it wasn't tied to socio - economic status,» said Mary Begallethe
director of food and
nutrition service for the Minnesota Department of
Children, Families & Learning.
«An appropriate diet for young athletes includes getting adequate complex carbohydrates, a lean protein source, and plenty of fruits and vegetables,» says Roberta Anding,
director of sports
nutrition at Texas
Children's Hospital and a registered dietician.
It's our job to feed
children,» said Carolyn Keeney,
director of
child nutrition for the Homewood City School District.
Lilly Bouie is
director of
child nutrition at Little Rock (Ark.) Public Schools, and a contributor to The Wellness Impact.
SNA Past President Dora Rivas, RD, LD, SNS, is executive foodservice
director of
child and
nutrition services for the Dallas Independent School District, and she says that there has never been a better time to begin advocating for BIC service.
As the executive
director of NYSHEPA, Nancy ran an 800 member - strong coalition and advocated at the local, state and federal level for numerous
nutrition and physical activity measures including school
nutrition standards, calorie labeling, trans fat ban, Complete Streets, breastfeeding bill of rights,
nutrition standards for fast - food kids» meals sold with toys, Safe Routes to School,
nutrition standards for foods marketed to
children, and the sugar - sweetened beverage tax.
As
director of school and out - of - school time programs, Crystal directs FRAC's work on the
child nutrition programs that serve school - age
children.
Schools often rely on lunch sales to bring in money, and without steady sales, some schools can't afford their lunch programs, according to Katie Wilson, president of the
Child Nutrition Association and the
nutrition director for the five schools in the Onalaska, Wis., school district.
Debbie Derico's creativity, efficiency and consistency are the traits she brings to her job as
director of
child nutrition.
«Charles C. Kirby, former USDA regional
director for
child nutrition in Atlanta, says he ran a Mississippi Education Department cooperative buying program from 1992 to 2001.
The Hagstrom Report (subscription only) reports that Stan Garnett, former
director of
child nutrition at the Agriculture Department, «has resigned from the School
Nutrition Association over its efforts to encourage members to lobby Congress to pass a bill requiring the USDA to waive healthier school meal requirements to any school that says it has lost money in the program for six months.»
It requires so much sunlight and so much water,» said Anthony Geraci, executive
director of
child nutrition for MCS.
In 2014 — 15, the consortium will add yet another school district: Conejo Valley Unified School District, which Curwood joined as
director of
child nutrition in September 2013.
«This enables a baby to master chewing without teeth and work up to handling whole foods as they grow teeth,» explains Leslie Hoglund, a
child nutrition research
director with Physicians for Peace.
Moderated by Ali Dorazio (MS, RD),
nutrition scientist at the General Mills Bell Institute of Health &
Nutrition, we heard presentations from Karen Hallford (MS, RD, CSP) and Byron Sackett; Karen is
Nutrition Education Coordinator at Gwinnett Public Schools, Suwanee, GA and Byron Sackett is the
Child Nutrition Director at Lincoln County Schools in Lincolnton, NC.
Before Craig Hodge became CNP
Director for Clarke County School District, he worked for over a decade as a state auditor of
child nutrition programs in Alabama.
«WABA believes that programmes related to food and
nutrition, health care and development and, especially programmes on infant and young
child feeding, should be free from commercial influence and conflicts of interest» advocates Dato Anwar Fazal, WABA Executive
Director; «this is especially since optimal breastfeeding, including early, exclusive breastfeeding for six months, and continued adequate breastfeeding for up to two years or longer constitute the primary intervention to prevent
child mortality worldwide.»
The Oneida County Woman, Infants and
Children (WIC) Supplemental
Nutrition Program has begun offering education sessions designed to provide its clients a group setting in which innovative solutions to family health and
nutrition issues can be developed, Dr. Gayle Jones,
Director of Health announced today.
«Public Awareness Initiatives Include Open House» Oneida County's Women, Infants and
Children (WIC) Program, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension's Eat Smart New York (ESNY), has planned a variety of initiatives designed to raise public awareness of the role of proper
nutrition in maintaining good health, Dr. Gayle Jones,
Director of Health announced today.
WIC «Chat Rooms» Offer
Nutrition / Health Education «Statewide Initiative Supports Healthy Behaviors Through Group Experience» The Oneida County Woman, Infants and
Children (WIC) Supplemental
Nutrition Program has begun offering education sessions designed to provide its clients a group setting in which innovative solutions to family health and
nutrition issues can be developed, Dr. Gayle Jones,
Director of Health announced today.
We viewed the lack of an evidence - based guideline regarding
nutrition management of GI symptoms in
children with ASD as unacceptable,» said co-author William Sharp, PhD,
director of the Pediatric Feeding Disorders program at Marcus Autism Center and assistant professor of pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine.
«Most consumers are surprised to find that agave syrups contain significantly more fructose than high - fructose corn syrup,» says Roberta Anding, R.D.,
director of sports
nutrition at Texas
Children's Hospital.
I am the
Director of
Nutrition Counseling for the Domar Center for Mind / Body Health at Boston IVF, one of the nation's oldest and largest fertility clinics, where I specialize in
nutrition and women's health issues (although also provide services for men and
children).
Roy Ballam, Managing
Director and Head of Education at the British
Nutrition Foundation, said: «Assuming that information about food and health gathered from these sources has an impact on
children's
nutrition knowledge, and ultimately their lifestyles and health, it is important that we ensure all information is evidence based.
«This immediately had a positive effect,» said Rita Greene,
director of the
child nutrition program for Cabarrus County Schools in Concord, North Carolina.
Since 1991, Dole has spent approximately $ 20 million to promote better
nutrition for
children, according to Lorelei DiSogra,
director of
nutrition and health at Dole.
All school
nutrition program
directors, managers and staff will meet or exceed hiring and annual continuing education / training requirements in the USDA Professional Standards for
Child Nutrition Professionals.
BARBARA J. MIGLIONICO is the executive
director of a school - age
child care program in Westchester County, N.Y., and is a certified
nutrition and wellness consultant through American Fitness Professionals and Associates.
Both the Senate Agriculture Committee and the House Education & the Workforce Committee have conducted hearings on the
child nutrition reauthorization (CNR), including one featuring Indiana school board member and National School Boards Association (NSBA)
Director John Payne.
He is currently executive
director of the Survive and Thrive portfolio at the
Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), where he helped build an adolescent sexual and reproductive health portfolio in addition to the more established health,
nutrition, and education portfolios.