News tagged with school food
Survey of elementary school student access to food in vending machines, snack bars, other venues
About half of all public and private elementary school students could buy food in one or more competitive venues on campus (vending machines, school stores, snack bars or a la carte lines) by the 2009-2010 school year and ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Colo. lawmakers consider trans-fat ban in schools
(AP) -- The nation's leanest state is taking aim at junk food in school cafeterias as it considers the nation's toughest school trans-fat ban.
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Study suggests junk food in schools doesn't cause weight gain among children
While the percentage of obese children in the United States tripled between the early 1970s and the late 2000s, a new study suggests that—at least for middle school students—weight gain has nothing to do with the ...
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Congress pushes back on healthier school lunches
(AP) -- Who needs leafy greens and carrots when pizza and french fries will do?
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Iowa State study finds health value to children of National School Lunch Program
The federally funded National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides free and reduced-price meals to more than 31 million children every school day, according to its website (http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch/). And a recent study by current and former Iowa St ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Brown bag lunches overheating and possibly unsafe
In a new study published in Pediatrics, researchers reveal that more than 90 percent of the perishable food items found in the school lunches they tested had reached unsafe temperatures by the time they w ...
Aug 09, 2011 |
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Mississippi tips scale as nation's fattest state
(AP) -- Rural Mississippi is the country's fattest state for the seventh year in a row, according to an annual obesity report issued Thursday. Colorado, a playground for hikers and outdoor enthusiasts, is the nation's thi ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Obesity rates still rising in many states
In 1995, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. Now, all but one does.
Jul 07, 2011 |
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CDC: 1 in 4 high schoolers drink soda every day
A new study shows one in four high school students drink soda every day - a sign fewer teens are downing the sugary drinks.
Jun 16, 2011 |
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Too close for comfort? Maybe not
People generally worry about who their neighbors are, especially neighbors of our children. If high-fat food and soda are nearby, people will imbibe, and consequently gain weight. Or will they? With students' health at risk, ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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School meal budget cuts, U-turn on cooking skills in schools could affect childhood obesity
New evidence commissioned by a leading partnership of food charities shows that a whole school approach to food that links practical food education with quality school dinners leads to a better family diet and can improve ...
May 23, 2011 |
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Preparing to send your food-allergic child to school
The first day of school can be an anxious time for parents as well as their children. It is an especially anxious time for parents of food-allergic children. For many it is the first time that their food-allergic children ...
May 13, 2011 |
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Children should design their own school meals, says research
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research from the University of Bath recommends a radical rethink of school food to give pupils a central role in designing meals and ownership of issues such as queuing, littering and marketing ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Resolved to lose weight in 2011? skip the 'Value Meals'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers find that most diners don't realize they end up eating larger amounts of unhealthy food when they order combination menu items.
Dec 29, 2010 |
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Obama: Nutrition bill vital to children's future
(AP) -- Thousands more children would get into school-based meal programs and those lunches and dinners would become more nutritious under a bill President Barack Obama signed into law Monday, part of an administration-wide ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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