In Chicago, 300,000
kids in public schools eat locally - produced vegetables in school lunches year - round.
Not exact matches
School Nutrition Director Wimberly Brackett knew that if she could place salad bars
in all Dalton
Public Schools, both
kids and staff would
eat more whole, fresh foods.
School Nutrition Director Wimberly Brackett knew that if she could place salad bars
in all Dalton
Public Schools, both
kids and staff would
eat more whole, fresh foods... Read more
What are N.C.
Public Schools doing to improve meals
kids eat at
school in the wake of new regulations and programs designed to improve childhood health.
There are millions of poor
kids who only
eat because of free and reduced - cost meal programs at
public schools, and still tons of
kids are running meal account deficits because their parents can't or won't pay their account balances, and it's the
kids who suffer
in that case.
Janis Groomes, food service director at Northport
Public Schools, knows the power of
school gardens to get
kids interested
in eating fruits and vegetables, even ones that are unusual...
(If you don't have a
kid in US
public school and don't know why lunches would be disgusting, read the blog http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com/
in which a
public school teacher photographed and
ate everything the
kids were served since the beginning of the year.
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.
My
kids are going to be
eating in a private
school cafeteria over summer so I'm interested to see what their offerings are compared to the
public school we attend during the year.
School Nutrition Director Wimberly Brackett knew that if she could place salad bars
in all Dalton
Public Schools, both
kids and staff would
eat more whole, fresh foods.
School Nutrition Director Wimberly Brackett knew that if she could place salad bars
in all Dalton
Public Schools, both
kids and staff would
eat more whole, fresh foods... Read more
The number of New York City
kids eating free breakfasts
in public school classrooms is growing, but the obesity rates are not, a new study finds.
Submitted and Written by Reana KovalcikNancy Easton and Chef Bill Telepan serve as the executive leadership for Wellness
in the
Schools, a New York City - based non-profit that inspires healthy
eating, physical fitness, and environmental awareness as a way of life for
kids in the
public school system.
«Our study provides new insight on what
kids are
eating, or not
eating,
in Vancouver
public schools,» says co-author Naseam Ahmadi, a M.Sc.
Nestle: Well, we will do it
in the way these changes always take place — you do it through education of the
public; you create demands for different kinds of foods; you teach parents to go into
schools and look at what their
kids are
eating and then do something about it; you change policy so that it becomes more difficult for food companies to advertise to children; you stop them from marketing junk food to
kids using cartoon characters.
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has initiated the Team California for Healthy
Kids to promote healthy
eating and physical activity throughout the day, every day,
in schools, before and after
school agencies, early childhood programs, and communities.