The vast majority of sack lunches that kids bring to school aren’t properly cooled or refrigerated and could pose a health …
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Which School Lunch Bill Is Best?
Congress may decide this week between two bills aimed at improving school lunch nutrition. Everyone from Alice Waters to Jamie Oliver to Michelle Obama has gotten on the school-lunch bandwagon — a key target in the battle …
Hot dogs, pizza, and mac’n cheese on the chopping block?
Sure, kids love hot dogs, pizza, and mac’n cheese, but, when it comes to school lunches, the United States can and should do better says a blistering report issued this week by the Institute of Medicine. The report says schools need to bump up servings of fruits and vegetables, swap refined grains with their whole cousins, and replace …
Ad for healthy school meals raises eyebrows at the White House
The White House isn’t happy with a new poster ad in DC metro stations, according to the Washington Post. The ad depicts an eight-year-old girl with the speech bubble, “President Obama’s daughters get healthy school lunches. Why don’t I?”
The poster comes from the non-profit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a group …
