Sentences with phrase «less access to healthy foods»
The program is run at elementary schools in neighborhoods that have a lower income and less access to healthy foods, such as Cornerstone of Washington School, Cedar Tree Academy, and Powell Elementary School, Turner Elementary, and DC Prep, where USGBC staff volunteered.
http://www.centerforgreenschools.org/ Not exact matches
That system could easily result in a world of haves and have nots when it comes to access to less processed, healthier food.
Also, it sounds like many of the items in development (rice bowls, wraps, etc.) will only be offered on the a la carte line, which, as I've written about before, could easily result in a world of haves and have nots when it comes to access to less processed, healthier food.
«USDA has continued to show flexibility in implementing these new standards, and Congress should focus on partnering with USDA, states, schools, and parents to help our kids have access to more healthy food, not less.»
And it works both ways: a la carte lines can mean that poor kids lose access to less - than - healthy but highly - kid - popular junk food like Flamin» Hot Cheetos and tater tots, and it can also mean that only kids with money can access better food, like yogurts, salads and fresh sandwiches that are only offered a la carte.
It may help you worry less to know that in the early years, all emotionally and physically healthy kids who have consistent access to enough food will eat only what they need.
«The thought is that greater access to healthier foods may have promoted healthier diets and, in turn, less coronary plaque formation.»
Co-lead author Jeffrey Wing said, «The thought is that greater access to healthier foods may have promoted healthier diets and, in turn, less coronary plaque formation.»
The current standards were introduced because voluntary school food guidelines introduced in 2001 requiring caterers to provide healthy options but not to limit access to less healthy food had failed to promote healthier eating in school.
Globally, the dominant economic intervention affecting food pricing is national taxation on food to raise general revenue.17, 18 In Australia, the basic foods required to maintain health were mostly exempted from the Goods and Services Tax (GST), and the price of these foods was expected to fall after the introduction of the new tax system in 2000.19 However, in Queensland from 2000 to 2001, the price of a basket of healthy foods increased by 12 %, more than twice that of less healthy options.20 This highlights the unpredictability of complex economic systems and the need for rigorous testing of economic solutions to increase access to healthy food.18 Such testing is imperative within remote communities, but baseline data are not readily available as Australia lacks a comprehensive food and nutrition monitoring and surveillance system.
Food and nutrition: By 2018 (within ten years) at least 90 % of Indigenous families have access to a standard healthy food basket (or supply) at the cost of less than 25 % of their available incFood and nutrition: By 2018 (within ten years) at least 90 % of Indigenous families have access to a standard healthy food basket (or supply) at the cost of less than 25 % of their available incfood basket (or supply) at the cost of less than 25 % of their available income;