Sentences with phrase «strong school food standards»

Y4HS: The goals of Y4HS are to build youth power in organizing for healthy and fresh school meals and snacks, safe places to play and exercise, strong school food standards and school wellness policies.

But will Congress pay attention to ordinary Americans» support for strong school food standards, or will their voices be drowned out by lobbyists and powerful organizations like the SNA?

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The AAP's priorities for child nutrition reauthorization are strengthening the WIC program, keeping the nutritional standards for the school meals program strong, and addressing childhood hunger and food insecurity during out - of - school time, especially in the summer months.

Ever since the School Nutrition Association (SNA) stunned child health advocates with its flip - flop on school nutrition (supporting strong standards in 2010, then urging their roll - back two years later), the organization of 55,000 school food professionals has thrown itself into the arms of House Republicans in hopes of pushing through its new aSchool Nutrition Association (SNA) stunned child health advocates with its flip - flop on school nutrition (supporting strong standards in 2010, then urging their roll - back two years later), the organization of 55,000 school food professionals has thrown itself into the arms of House Republicans in hopes of pushing through its new aschool nutrition (supporting strong standards in 2010, then urging their roll - back two years later), the organization of 55,000 school food professionals has thrown itself into the arms of House Republicans in hopes of pushing through its new aschool food professionals has thrown itself into the arms of House Republicans in hopes of pushing through its new agenda.

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 beveragschool 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 beveragSchool, nutrition standards for foods marketed to children, and the sugar - sweetened beverage tax.

Although areas such as menu variety and food waste still have room to improve, these studies demonstrate that kids are accepting and benefiting from school lunches that meet today's strong national standards.

WASHINGTON — The vast majority of parents of school - age children support strong national nutrition standards for all foods and beverages sold to students during school, according to a poll released today by The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and the American Heart Association (AHA).

The sugar lobby is strong: While there are volumes of standards regulating the fat content of school food, there are no such standards for sugar.