Country Watch: England
Add England to the list of countries with sensible school meal policies. This month, following a huge campaign by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, new nutrition standards take effect in secondary school cafeterias (the rules are already in effect in elementary schools). The new policy regulates lunches, as well as foods ...
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September 3, 2009
Corn Refiners to Ann Cooper: Keep HFCS in Lunch
The Corn Refiners Association really has its eye on school lunch these days. For one thing, the association was one of the sponsors of the School Nutrition Association's 2009 national conference (posters throughout the hall read, "High Fructose Corn Syrup: Making Healthy Foods Affordable for America's Schoolchildren"). The association is ...
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July 27, 2009
School Lunch and Obesity
The newest study out of the USDA's Economic Research Service focuses on school meals and obesity. The findings? Students who eat school lunch are just as likely to be overweight as students who do not. For both groups, the numbers are shocking. The researchers found that a whopping 40 percent of ...
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July 17, 2009
Tray Trends: Bubble-Gum-Flavored Apples, and Other Sights at the SNA Food Show
Imagine if Las Vegas built a Costco-themed hotel with a particular emphasis on chicken nugget samples and then filled the building with lunch ladies. That's the best way I can describe the School Nutrition Association's annual food expo, which is taking place right now in Vegas' Mandalay Bay Convention Center. ...
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June 30, 2009
Free Lunch, Nachos and Junk Food: A Few Interesting Links
A sampling of today's school lunch news from around the internet: Student participation in free or reduced-price lunch programs is at an all-time high, with almost 20 million kids eligible for the subsidized meals. In the past year, enrollment has jumped over 10 percent in Utah, Arizona, Vermont and New Jersey. ...
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June 11, 2009
The Best of School Food (And What it Says About Our Standards)
By Deborah Lehmann — Here's what the USDA considers a gold-standard school meal: Entree: Waffle sticks with sausage and syrup OR Jumbo Corndog OR Fiesta taco pocket with taco packet OR Peanut butter and jelly or yogurt with fruit and nut mix Sides: Cheetos Cracker Trax or Shape Up, raisins Fat-free chocolate milk or 1% ...
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May 9, 2009
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