Food!

March 15, 2013

Recently my son's class celebrated the 100th day of school. (Don’t ask me why this is suddenly something to celebrate, but boy was he excited.) The kids all did 100-related projects—mine made a poster with 100 ninjas—and in preparation for the day's festivities the first-grade teachers sent home a...

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Debbie Koenig

Food!

March 15, 2013

Donuts, sugary drinks, soda and salty chips are not the kind of midday snacks options I offer my daughter. At home, I do what I can to control what snack options are available to my family, but vending machines and à la carte lines in her school lunch room sabotage my efforts. I know I'm not alone...

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dream hampton

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March 15, 2013

These days there is a lot of talk about why we should have healthier food in schools –from childhood obesity prevention to positive nutrition messaging to the connection between healthy diet and academic performance. These are all great reasons, but for me it really boils down to that offering...

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Lisa Sharma Creighton

Food!

March 15, 2013

marketing unhealthy food to our children Earlier in the day we watched this short video which I forgot to include in Part one of the MomsRising FoodPower Conference Recap : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu8QthlZ6hY Moving. Disturbing. Incredibly true. After watching the Soul Food Junkie...

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Nellie Acevedo

Food! Blog Carnivals

March 15, 2013

Research shows that 40 percent of students buy and eat snack foods at school in a typical day. I can see this daily in my classroom. Many parents are too busy to pack snacks, especially healthy ones. Some of my students are on their own to pack lunches and snacks, and the result can be unhealthy,...

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Katy Farber

Food! Blog Carnivals

March 15, 2013

Dr. Robert Lustig’s groundbreaking study linking sugar and diabetes should motivate all parents to up their game of junk food whack-a-mole. The researchers found that in countries where the incidence of diabetes went up, the availability of sugar had increased earlier and in roughly the same...

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Casey Hinds

Food!

March 15, 2013

By trade, I am a registered dietitian. So, I know a lot more than the average mom about what to eat and what not to eat. In fact, my mother is also a registered dietitian, so the basics of a healthy diet were part of everyday life for me growing up. As a dietitian, I know the importance of healthy...

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Sarah Griswold

Food!

March 15, 2013

Last night at dinner, my first grader described the big cupcake that he ate yesterday at school in honor of a classmate’s birthday. Between bites of pasta mixed with spinach-walnut pesto, he offered a detailed account of chocolate cake, colored sprinkles and a copious pile of frosting. I,...

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Stacy Whitman

Food!

March 15, 2013

Competitive foods has been the buzz phrase in the food policy social world for a few weeks. You have probably figured out by now that is has something to do with kids, schools, passionate parents, junk food, and cunning lobbyists bribing kids with candy. If so, then you're on the right track...

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Yoli Ouiya

Food!

March 15, 2013

Under current USDA guidelines, a 10 year old child attending public school can opt to consume the following on any given school day: a can of Coca-Cola and a HoneyBun for breakfast; a Snickers bar for a snack; an a la carte pizza, bag of potato chips, packaged chocolate chip cookie and an...

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