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School lunch experiment that served healthy foods actually worked

What would happen if a public school was to drop junk foods from the menu completely and started serving fresh grains, fruits and vegetables to ... Read More »

Sneaking nutrition into school junk food?

With much of America's youth hooked on junk foods and chemical taste enhancers (like monosodium glutamate), it's no wonder that tricks have to be used ... Read More »

Nutrition standards being urged for schools

Would it be a good idea to rid public schools of soft drinks, candy and salty snacks? Millions of school kids will possibly face that if the U.S. ... Read More »

Are nutritous school lunches much more costly than junk food?

Sometimes I just can't understand why many public schools can't have a healthy school lunch menu at least 74% of the time. I've seen some schools that ... Read More »

The best and worst school cafeterias

When you send your kids off to school these days, are you concerned about the cleanliness of your school's cafeteria? Although inspections are part of ... Read More »

Students waving off inadequate school cafeteria food these days

After reading this, I was pleased to see that at least some elementary schools are providing healthy lunch choices in there cafeterias these days in ... Read More »

Healthy school lunches for healthy kids

As part of your New Year's resolution, you've committed to eating healthier in 2007. Does that resolution carry over to your school-age kids? It ... Read More »

Sugar: 10 good reasons to avoid it

As a pre-New Year's resolution, I gave up sweets and table sugar on December 26. Today as I busied myself with my day, I realized that I felt ... Read More »

Diabetes study involves sixth-graders for three years

In what appears to be a study that may seem obvious to many, a school in North Carolina involves current sixth graders, who will undergo participation ... Read More »