Jamie Oliver Heads to West Virginia to Reform School Lunch
British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has picked a city for his new U.S. reality TV show. Starting this fall, Oliver will work with local officials to bring healthy food to America's fattest city: Huntington, West Virginia. He has his work cut out for him. Huntington and the surrounding rural counties boast ...
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August 3, 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
Michelle Obama Gets Even More Direct About Healthy Eating
Michelle Obama held the White House's first garden harvest party yesterday, and this time the event was more than just a photo op with fresh veggies. While the First Lady has spoken several times about the importance of nutritious food and healthy school lunches, this was the first time she ...
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June 17, 2009
Who’s to Blame for Kids’ Bad Eating Habits? Not Parents, a Study Finds
In the debate over children's eating habits and the rise in obesity, parents are quick to blame school cafeterias, and school cafeterias are quick to blame parents. Parents point to the French fries, the chicken nuggets and the pizza and wonder how those options constitute a healthy meal. Foodservice directors assert ...
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June 10, 2009
Focusing on the Tip of the Health Iceberg
By Susan Rubin — By limiting our conversation to obesity, we focus on calories and we forget about quality of food and ingredients. While childhood obesity grabs headlines every day, it’s important to consider other complications that result from poor quality food and drinks in our schools. Obesity is the tip of ...
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March 10, 2009
Welcome to F is for French Fry
By Deborah Lehmann — The United States is facing an obesity epidemic. One-third of adults and 16 percent of children are obese, and those numbers are growing quickly. One study projects that 86 percent of Americans will be overweight or obese by 2030. In 2000, we spent $117 billion on obesity-related ...
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February 11, 2009
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