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09/27/13

Don’t peg me for a super healthy mom whose kids eat their veggies every day and have oranges for snacks. That is not me, but it is who I aspire to be; and it’s odd to see how much resistance I get because I am on this path. I am a Latina and I grew up equating food with love. Love was making sure...

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Cristina Ramirez

Food!

09/27/13

Author's note: As the mother of teen who was diagnosed with hypertension and high cholesterol at the age of 15, I strongly applaud the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrition standards for schools. The standards, the first change in 15 years, will go far in stemming the tide of...

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Migdalia Rivera

Immigration

09/26/13

There are more than 11 Million undocumented people living, working, and dreaming in the USA. We need to hear their voices and stories loud and clear during the debates over immigration policy reform. Those voices, reflections of lived experiences, should be centered and uplifted. On October 5th and...

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Maegan Ortiz

Food!

09/26/13

My son has had stomach issues pretty much all of his life. By the time he was two, he'd had extensive medical testing done, all to no avail. Finally, we discovered that he had Milk Soy Protein Intolerance (MSPI). Before that point, I'd never heard of MSPI and, although I prided myself on being a...

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Amber Dunn

Health Care Food! Blog Carnivals

09/26/13

Confession. Making my kids lunch every day is hard for me. I’m not proud of this. I am a mom that works in childhood obesity prevention, I have overhauled the snack program at our daycare, I am active in the local food movement, and I’m the mom that doesn’t bring chips or cookies for the baseball...

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Kate Uslan

Food!

09/26/13

Have you heard about the USDA Nutritional Standards for school lunches? Based on past conversations, many of you pay for your kids to have school lunch and pack lunches from home for special treats. That is why I was happy to hear from my friends at MomsRising that some major changes had been made...

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Kimberly Coleman

Food!

09/26/13

When I was a teacher at an elementary school in the Bronx, I noticed that my students had poor diets. They started off their day with candy from the bodega and walked into class with blue tongues. For lunch, some students would eat the school lunch but many would eat their own lunch- usually some...

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Catarina Rivera

Family Economic Security Health Care

09/25/13

How badly do some in Congress want to stop healthcare reform from rolling out? So badly that on the eve of implementation they’re ready to tank our nation’s credit rating—significantly damaging our economy—by holding the debt limit hostage in an attempt to stop affordable healthcare options from...

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Elyssa Schmier

Food!

09/25/13

During my college days as I studied to become an elementary school teacher, Wellness and Fitness for the Child was part of my elementary education coursework. Almost twenty years ago, I remember hearing for the first time the horrible truths about saturated fats, food coloring, partially...

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Denise Mestanza-Taylor

Food!

09/25/13

~Editor's note: As a mother of three, pediatric clinician and public health advocate, Aliya Hussaini brings a unique and compelling point of view to the conversation about the need to design schools to be environments where the healthy choice is the easy choice. A 2012 study from the Robert Wood...

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