Sentences with phrase «healthier meal standards»

I didn't doubt the sincerity of the speakers or the accuracy of the data they presented, but, like many school food advocates, I continue to be disappointed that SNA seeks a roll - back of healthier meal standards as the solution.

That's an appealing argument, but when Woldow probed more deeply into SNA's own data, she found that the decline in school meal revenue started well before the new healthier meal standards were adopted.

If you've been following the fight over school food, you know that the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's leading organization of school food professionals, is the main force behind current efforts to weaken the new healthier meal standards.

Starting in SY 2012 - 13, schools participating in the National School Lunch Program were required to meet healthier meal standards set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

But its findings comport with other recent data and surveys supporting the healthier meal standards, including:

Ironically enough, in an «urgent message» SNA sent to its 55,000 members this week to discourage them from signing an open letter supporting healthier meal standards, the organization reassured school food professionals that it welcomes their «thoughts and concerns.»

In doing so, these individuals publicly broke rank with their own organization, which is currently urging Congress to include in the 2015 appropriations bill language which would allow struggling school districts to opt out of healthier meal standards.

Then we'll no longer be talking about temporary waivers; the healthy meal standards could be at risk of being eliminated entirely.

Not exact matches

It's time to create accessibility to healthy, real, delicious meals, and raise the standard of fast food.

While we've come to think of the iconic PB&J as a convenient, healthy alternative to a sandwich made with lean meats or veggies, a classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich packs more sugar and calories than the standard turkey and cheese or hummus sandwich — and has less protein, a key muscle - building ingredient that also helps keep you feeling full until your next meal.

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Having said all that, the reality is, if you practice standard regular exercise, and eat a healthy, balanced diet of nutrient - dense foods in the right quantities, planning your meals one to two hours before your workout and one to two hours after it, then you don't really need to do anything more than that.

Linked to the voluntary Smart Meal Seal Programme (a point - of - purchase labelling scheme for healthy options), the Colorado Department of Health provides nutrition training for catering managers in participating restaurants and canteens to encourage the development of healthier options that meet nutritional standards.

And there are also many, many things we could be doing to encourage children's acceptance of healthier school meals: imposing meaningful restrictions on children's junk food advertising; requiring food education in schools — not just nutrition education, but offering kids a real understanding of our food system, and overtly inoculating them against the allure of hyper - processed and fast food; teaching all children basic cooking skills; getting more gardens into schools; encouraging restaurants to ditch the standard breaded - and - fried children's menu; imposing taxes on soda (and even junk food); improving food access; and so much more.

Wansink's data happened to appear in the Times just three months before President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act, a new law that would greatly improve the nutritional standards for school meals around the country.

Juliana F.W. Cohen, ScD, ScM, the study's lead author, concludes: «Our findings suggest that concerns about school revenues or participation in meals programs are not strong arguments for rolling back USDA's healthier meal and snack standards.»

I'm aware that the Trump administration may only just be getting started, and that Perdue's May 1st announcement could be the opening salvo in a larger effort to dismantle healthier school meal standards.

The perception in the media right now is that school meals are going to be less healthy, and parents won't know which districts are still meeting the standards [and which have sought waivers].

While the SNA currently seeks to weaken somewhat the nutrition standards relating to whole grains and sodium, the organization continues to support the rest of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA)'s 2012 overhaul of school meals, such as calorie caps, more fruits and vegetables, etc..

Preparing healthy meals for students is important work, from adhering to nutrition standards to handling student food allergies, to the emotional support they provide to their students day in and day out — School Nutrition Employee Week is an opportunity to say THANK YOU for the amazing work they do.

As you know by now, the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, is seeking to use the CNR to permanently weaken the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) nutritional standards for school meals (specifically, those relating to whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and lower sodium) on the grounds that kids are spurning the healthier meals en masse.

The Rudd study, when paired with similar findings from a previous Harvard School of Public Health study, make a very strong case that we must stay the course on the new healthier school meal standards.

Thanks to higher United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) standards (new as of July 2012), school meals have gotten healthier.

There has been a great deal of progress in providing healthy school meals in recent years and these new standards will help deliver further improvements.»

-LSB-...] the passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act late last year, the USDA was tasked with coming up with improved nutrition standards for school meals, standards -LSB-...]

School districts long struggled with the issue of feeding children whose parents couldn't or wouldn't pay, and Diane Pratt - Heavener, spokesperson for the School Nutrition Association, recently asserted on Take Part that the improved meal standards mandated by the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act have only worsened the problem.

On a related note, to the extent that any of these photos were taken before this school year, they also don't reflect the huge gains made with the passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act, the first major overhaul to school meal standards in many years.

Meanwhile, the House Appropriations subcommittee yesterday released its fiscal year 2015 agriculture appropriations bill, which included language that would allow any school district which operated its meal program at a loss for at least six months this past school year to seek a waiver from compliance in the coming year with the new, healthier school food standards.

I encourage your readers to stand up for healthier snacks: http://www.preventobesity.net/inside-track-may-31-C Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began to implement improved nutrition standards for school meals.

Last week, school food reformer Dana Woldow published an excellent take - d0wn of a widely circulated AP story that left most readers with the impression that the new healthier school meal standards are a big flop.

But if the story is trumped up and misleading, it only does damage to the many, many school districts out there working hard to implement the new meal standards — and gain student acceptance of healthier food.

That's why I so strongly support the National School Lunch Program and will continue to work hard to defend the new, healthier school meal standards.

Students of color are the largest demographic served by the National School Lunch Program, yet as we gear up for the fight over healthier school meal standards in Congress this fall, the voices of these critical stakeholders can easily be drowned out... [Continue reading]

In several posts written last year, I took the School Nutrition Association (SNA) to task for not asking Congress for more money to fund healthier school food, instead seeking only to roll - back school meal nutritional standards («School Food... [Continue reading]

A big facet of the current debate over healthier school nutriton standards is whether kids are actually rejecting the new meals on a widespread basis.

* Schools say tough to buy different portion sizes * Move follows complaints that rule left some students hungry * Change won't undermine overall healthier standards - advocates By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters)- U.S. regulators are relaxing school meal rules aimed at reining in calories and portion sizes after some students, parents and lawmakers complained that new stricter policies left many children hungry.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue released a proclamation May 1 that praised the nation's schools for serving nutritious meals and committed to «provide significant technical assistance to schools as they continue to develop menus that are healthy and appealing to students,» but the statement also announced plans to undermine key standards that support... Read More

To ensure that all foods sold in schools are healthier, Congress directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to update nutrition standards for snack foods and beverages and align them with the school meal guidelines.

The vast majority of Kentucky voters, including parents with children in public schools, support the healthy school meal standards in effect nationwide, according to a poll released today by the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project.

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The First Lady championed the transformation of the school food environment through the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act, which updated school meal nutrition standards for the first time in 15 years and increased funding for the first time in 30 years.

Chartwells and CPS note that these changes exceed existing U.S. Department of Agriculture meal standards, but they appear to have created negative impressions of healthy foods among many students.

If so, you probably know that the school meal standards issued with the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) are now on the chopping block.

With 99,000 schools currently trying to comply with the standards, Agriculture Secretary Tom VilsackThomas James VilsackUSDA: Farm - to - school programs help schools serve healthier meals OVERNIGHT MONEY: House poised to pass debt - ceiling bill MORE told Rokita it's possible to find an entrée he wouldn't like.

«Well, I am a huge proponent of universal school breakfasts in low - income schools and have been very supportive of the improved nutrition standards for all school meals and snacks as part of the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act.

The Food Pyramid's now ancient history, but What To Expect author Heidi Murkoff has your how - to guide for serving up healthier family meals according to the new food - plate standards.

Independent research shows that a majority of American kids like healthier school lunches, the number of students that like their meals is growing, and that updated meal standards are working to help improve students» health.

«Japanese moms set high standards for their kids» bento box meals, rising early to prepare an elaborate selection of healthy items that look pretty too — fish, vegetables, tofu, seaweed, rice balls shaped like animals or plants,» she writes.