It's worth limiting the availability of
junk food in the school, perhaps allowing it only on Fridays.
Taking a Stand Against
Junk Food in School: Why It is Hard — But We Need to Anyway!
I also wrote for the Times about: a frozen pizza that sneaks veggies into unsuspecting kids; changes ahead for
junk food in school classrooms; why President Trump's eating habits are fair game for commentators; and a groundbreaking New Mexico law banning lunch shaming.
He / she and I have clashed over the persistant use of
junk food in school classrooms, the practice of bringing in birthday cupcakes to school, the improvement of school lunch standards and more.
I've written a lot over the years (really, A LOT - see the Related Links below) about
junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue reading]
Oh, and you may want to read Taking a Stand Against
Junk Food in School: Why It's Hard — But We Need to Do It Anyway and Why Candy Valentines Don't Belong in School (and What You Can Do About Them).
Finally, USDA offered two schemes for regulating the use of
junk food in school fundraisers.
Whenever someone comes to me for advice on tackling
junk food in school, I tell them to start by digging up their school district wellness policy.
But Rosenbaum not only uses this inaccurate and alarming lead sentence to grab readers» attention, he doubles down by stating that this alleged return to
junk food in schools is a nefarious plot by Big Food.
Fact is, there are federal laws designed to help stem the flow of
junk food in our schools.
I haven't seen a single compelling reason to include cupcakes and other
junk foods in school birthday celebrations.
Here in Texas, our legislators actually passed a law in 2013 to try to keep the worst
junk food in our schools.
She writes: In order to prevent co-marketing of
junk foods in schools, the USDA can include in its rule for local school wellness policy implementation a definition of marketing that includes product packaging and an express exclusion of copycat snacks.
I'm not proud of this story but I'm sharing it to let all of you know that even someone like me, with strong views on the subject of
junk food in schools, can be cowed by the prospect of swimming against the tide.
The following two provisions would effectively prevent co-marketing of
junk food in schools via copycat snacks: 210.30 (b)(1) Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising: Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the product.
The self - described «mama grizzly» recently showed up at a Pennsylvania school with a plate of cookies to protest that state's move to cut out
junk food in schools.
08.23.2012 Healthy Vending & Removal of
Junk Food in Schools Linked to Healthy Weight in Children A recent study finds that students in schools with stronger junk food restrictions are more likely to be at healthier body weights.
Since I've taken on the issue of
junk food in schools, some people assume that I never feed my kids sweets.
THE CUPCAKES ARE SAFE: The Department of Agriculture does not intend its proposed rules on the marketing or sale of
junk foods in schools to prohibit class treats, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a hearing held by the House appropriations agriculture subcommittee Friday.
While outright bans may be seen as going too far, some kind of restriction on
junk food in schools seems like a sensible adult decision, given the impact of obesity on children, families, and the health care system so well documented in Weight of the Nation.
But
junk food in schools is a critical issue, and that's why I'm glad Mission Readiness is already gearing up for the fight.
In that post I expressed a little bit of ambivalence about selling sweets to raise money — ambivalence that would evolve over the next four years into outright activism against
junk food in schools — but at the time I was clearly charmed by the old - timey, innocent feel of the event.
Just ran across an article on Yahoo News that provides some sad statistics on
junk food in our schools.
Since his media - fuelled scrutiny of school eating habits in 2005, there has been a considerable improvement in the nutritional quality of the majority of school food, culminating in the reduction of
junk foods in school canteens.
He invested in the health care system, banned
junk food in schools, prohibited smoking just about anywhere (including private cars if children under 15 are in them), removed taxes on bikes, brought in free immunizations, protected boreal forests, instituted wine and liquor bottle deposit returns, changed the definition of marriage to include homosexual couples.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to get rid of
junk food in schools has one thing going for it: Cutting out junk food actually works.
Not exact matches
In the UK, which faces exactly the same issue, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has put out a demand for a 20 % tax on fizzy drinks, a strict limit on fast
food outlets near
schools and other places where children and youth gather, the removal of
junk food vending machines from hospitals, and a prohibition on
junk food ads before 9.00 p.m.
Better
food and food teaching for children in schools, and protection of children from junk food marketing are the aims of Sustain's high - profile Children's Food Campa
food and
food teaching for children in schools, and protection of children from junk food marketing are the aims of Sustain's high - profile Children's Food Campa
food teaching for children
in schools, and protection of children from
junk food marketing are the aims of Sustain's high - profile Children's Food Campa
food marketing are the aims of Sustain's high - profile Children's
Food Campa
Food Campaign.
In addition, the MomsRising members have helped get every child in elementary, middle school and high school access to healthier foods in school, as well as get junk food marketing out of the schools so that kids have healthier food options while they are in schoo
In addition, the MomsRising members have helped get every child
in elementary, middle school and high school access to healthier foods in school, as well as get junk food marketing out of the schools so that kids have healthier food options while they are in schoo
in elementary, middle
school and high
school access to healthier
foods in school, as well as get junk food marketing out of the schools so that kids have healthier food options while they are in schoo
in school, as well as get
junk food marketing out of the
schools so that kids have healthier
food options while they are
in schoo
in school.
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.
«Current nutrition standards keep some
junk food out of our
schools but let other
junk food in through the back door.
Excellent points, M.C.
Junk food in the classroom is definitely a deterrent to kids eating
school lunch.
One lone parent complaining about
junk food in their child's
school can be easily dismissed as some sort of «crazy health nut.»
Then Jenna Pepper, a vegetable and nutrition enthusiast who blogs over at
Food With Kid Appeal, brought up the point in her excellent article that if we continue to feed them junk food and don't collectively teach our kids, at home and at school, about the joys and benefits of eating real food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the cho
Food With Kid Appeal, brought up the point
in her excellent article that if we continue to feed them
junk food and don't collectively teach our kids, at home and at school, about the joys and benefits of eating real food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the cho
food and don't collectively teach our kids, at home and at
school, about the joys and benefits of eating real
food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the cho
food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the choice.
I worry
schools in our state are going to feel like it's a free - for - all when it comes to selling
junk food.»
Junk food fundraising
in the
schools used to be a widely popular and common tool to raise money.
In our
school, they more and more frequently give out
junk food — candy, bubble gum, licorice — as a reward for «good behavior.»
Today on my Houston ISD
school food blog, The Spork Report, I describe two potentially encouraging developments which could presage the end of
junk food in our cafeterias: the recent, courageous action of two of our
school board trustees
in objecting to the sale of these
foods, as well as a fantastic Houston Chronicle editorial today
in which the paper urges HISD to clean up its act.
In her writing, public speaking and advocacy work, Siegel has been a vocal supporter of improved federal
school nutrition standards, curbing
junk food sales on
school campuses and otherwise improving children's
school food environments.
Junk food in the lunch line, or vending machines, or even sold by
school sponsored organizations for fundraising, is a completely different issue.
As TLT readers know, one of my biggest complaints about
school food is the prevalence of what I call «doctored
junk food» — pizza, corn dogs, burgers and Frito Pie (a staple here
in Texas) that may be tweaked nutritionally but which still teach kids... [Continue reading]
Kate: I agree there's an age at which we can expect kids to exercise their own judgment, bolstered by messages at home, though I still object at any grade level to the infiltration
in schools of Big
Food corporate interests, the sale of
junk by the
school itself, etc..
E.g., I was surprised to learn that many high
schools here
in Houston have a single lunch hour for thousands of kids and this is one reason
schools are turning a blind eye to the illegal
junk food sold on campus as fundraisers.
* Many of us
in the
school food reform world have long predicted that elementary
school kids would be the first to come around to healthier
school food because they haven't had years of seeing
junk food in their cafeterias.
There has been a clear, measurable improvement
in the nutritional quality of most
school food, and a reduction
in junk foods.
I do think that if enough parents become willing to speak up about what I view as a huge
junk food problem
in schools, then maybe, just maybe, we can made a difference!
Now I know the
food industry isn't going to just slink away from the lucrative
school snack market, but given the rigorous standard that will go into effect
in 2016, it seems to me that any processed
foods still sold
in schools after that date should no longer fall into the empty - calorie, «better - for - you»
junk food category.
Bag the
Junk An informational website to help parents,
school employees and other members of the community act as informed champions for healthy snack
foods and beverages
in schools.
That was particularly true when I discovered that one
school superintendent lamenting the egg ban — frequently mentioned by Rep. Robert Aderholt (R - AL)
in his campaign to roll back meal standards — hailed from a district making almost $ 3 million a year by selling
junk food and fast
food to kids.
All
schools participating
in the National
School Lunch Program are required to have a wellness policy (see Getting
Junk Food Out of School: How Your School District Wellness Policy Can Help) that includes goals for classroom food, nutrition education and m
Food Out of
School: How Your
School District Wellness Policy Can Help) that includes goals for classroom
food, nutrition education and m
food, nutrition education and more.