In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2012 |
Pew Presents at Annual APHA Meeting This year's American Public Health Association Meeting featured Pew staff presentations on such topics as snacks in schools, the overuse of antibiotics in healthy farm animals, and how health impact assessments can inform policy makers. |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment, Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Oct 9, 2012 |
Seven Questions About the New Meal Standards In school cafeterias across the country, students are seeing big changes on their lunch trays. The USDA recently approved new rules for the federal school lunch program, the first such changes to student lunches in more than a decade. Jessica Donze Black, Director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, explains the benefits of the new guidelines. |
School Food |
| Sep 28, 2012 |
Pew Statement on The School Food Modernization Act Jessica Donze Black, project director for the Pew Health Group’s School Foods Project, issued the following statement in support of the School Food Modernization Act, which would help school kitchens replace outdated equipment and provide training for their workers. |
School Food |
| Sep 5, 2012 |
Student Chef Discusses Transforming the Future of School Food This year schools all across the country will have access to healthier school meals in their cafeteria. We chatted with student chefs from Denver, CO about healthy school meals and eating. |
School Food |
| Aug 13, 2012 |
''Study Links Healthier Weight in Children With Strict Laws on School Snacks'' "Adolescents in states with strict laws regulating the sale of snacks and sugary drinks in public schools gained less weight over a three-year period than those living in states with no such laws, a new study has found." |
School Food |
| Aug 13, 2012 | "Laws strictly curbing school sales of junk food and sweetened drinks may play a role in slowing childhood obesity, according to a study that seems to offer the first evidence such efforts could pay off." | School Food |
| Aug 13, 2012 | "Students gained less weight over three years if they lived in states that restricted the sale of unhealthy snacks at school than kids in states without those laws, a study has found." | School Food |
| Aug 11, 2012 |
''Schools scrambling to serve up healthier lunch choices'' "When students head back to school this fall, most will be offered a smorgasbord of healthier foods in lunch lines. The reason: New government nutrition standards for school meals go into effect this year, raising the bar for the first time in more than 15 years. Schools must meet the standards to get federal meal reimbursements. |
School Food |
| Dec 21, 2011 |
Burke County Public Schools, GA, Featured on CBS Evening News While the nutrition staff at the public school system in Burke County felt very good about the quality of the food being served in their five schools, they were concerned that a large percentage of the district’s high school students were not eating the meals. |
School Food |
| Dec 21, 2011 |
''A local chef is revolutionizing school lunches'' "As part of First Lady Michelle Obama's Chefs Move to Schools program, Dow is teaching kids a healthy approach to food and believes students are the ones who will "end the school lunch war"." |
School Food |
