Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2012 |
''Group recommends raising nutrition standards in schools'' "'The evidence is clear and compelling,' said Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids’ Safe & Healthful Foods Project in a press release. 'Implementing strong national nutrition standards to make the snacks and beverages our children consume healthier is something that schools and districts can afford. The USDA should do all it can to finalize and help implement strong standards.'" Source: Austin Daily Herald |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jul 9, 2012 |
''School lunches healthier, Administrators work to balance nutrition with appeal to students'' "A study released late last month delivers the message: Make competitive foods offered in schools healthier, too. The study was a collaboration between the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and came from two projects, the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project – the director, Jessica Donze Black, is a University of Delaware graduate – and the Health Impact Project." Source: The News Journal |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 29, 2012 |
''New school nutrition standards on horizon'' "A recent study has reaffirmed what local school officials already knew: Student health and school budgets can both benefit from higher nutrition standards." Source: Seacost Online |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 28, 2012 |
''Health assessment calls for USDA nutrition standards in schools'' "The Health Impact Project, released Tuesday by the Kids’ Safe & Healthful Foods Project, was conducted to examine how the agency’s new policies will affect student nutrition and how new dietary standards would affect school revenues." Source: APHA Public Health News |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 27, 2012 |
''Better School Nutrition Good for Students and Budgets'' "The Health Impact Project released an assessment making the case that “strong nutrition standards could have a significant positive impact on the health of students” and that such standards implemented by the Agriculture Department 'can be made with little to no negative financial impact and in fact may even result in improved financial outcomes for schools and districts.'" Source: Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 26, 2012 |
''Report: School Nutrition Standards Could Improve Health and Finances'' "Stronger school nutrition standards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) could improve student health and provide a financial boon for school districts, according to a new health impact assessment (HIA) released Tuesday by the Health Impact Project and the Kids' Safe and Healthful Food Project." Source: Governing |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 26, 2012 |
''Study: Higher nutrition standard for snacks a win-win for schools'' "Replacing a candy bar with an apple could have a big effect, according to the 172-page health assessment released by the Kids’ Safe & Healthful Foods Project and the Health Impact Project" Source: The Packer |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 26, 2012 |
''Nutrition, finances win with healthful school snacks, report says'' "An assessment of what those new rules might do for kids’ health and the schools’ bottom line was released Tuesday by two projects from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation." Source: The Los Angeles Times |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 26, 2012 |
''Report: Healthy Vending, A La Carte Foods Won't Hurt School Revenue'' "The Kids' Safe & Healthful Foods Project and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation teamed up to analyze the effects of changing the makeup of so-called 'competitive foods' sold at school." Source: Education Week |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Jun 26, 2012 |
''National Nutrition Standards Will Benefit Student Health, School Budgets: Study'' "The report, by the Kids’ Safe & Healthful Foods Project and the Health Impact Project, found that improved nutritional standards for snack foods and beverages would reduce consumption of these products during the school day." Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment |
| Apr 19, 2012 |
''Think carrots, not candy as school snack, group suggests'' "Junk food may soon be hard to buy at American public schools as the U.S. government readies new rules requiring healthier foods to be sold beyond the cafeteria - a move most parents support, according to a poll released on Thursday." Source: Reuters |
School Food |
| Feb 6, 2012 |
''Junk foods still plentiful at elementary schools'' "Study finds that over a four-year period, little change was made in improving kids' diets at school." Source: Associated Press |
School Food |
| Feb 6, 2012 |
''Many U.S. kids still buy unhealthy snacks at school'' "Despite efforts to serve healthier meals to school children, roughly half of U.S. elementary school kids can buy junk food at school, a new study finds." Source: U.S. News and World Report |
School Food |
| Jan 28, 2012 |
''LA schools struggle to make healthy meals popular'' "Students at Roosevelt High School have declared a food fight to win back peanut butter and jelly sandwiches." Source: Associated Press |
School Food |
| Jan 26, 2012 |
''School lunches to have more veggies, whole grains'' "Millions of students across the country should have similar healthy options in the years to come under the first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years." Source: Kearney Hub |
School Food |
| Jan 25, 2012 |
''New Rules for School Meals Aim at Reducing Obesity'' "'We applaud the U.S. Department of Agriculture for issuing final guidance to help schools across the country serve healthier meals to students,' said Jessica Donze Black, project director for the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project, a joint project of the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 'The updated nutrition standards for school meals are now in line with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans.'" Source: The New York Times |
School Food |
| Jan 25, 2012 |
''First lady unveils tougher nutrition standards for school meals'' "First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday unveiled tougher nutrition standards that school meals will have to meet starting this year." Source: The Hill |
School Food |
| Jan 25, 2012 |
''New USDA school meal rules cut calories, salt; not potatoes'' "Long-awaited rules about what school breakfasts and lunches that cut salt and fat, limit calories, and increase servings of fruits and vegetables became final Wednesday, about a year after they were proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture." Source: Education Week |
School Food |
| Jan 25, 2012 |
''Would you eat this school lunch? We did - and it was good'' "It's tough to balance kids' tastes and adults' nutrition standards, but schools are finding surprising ways to make it happen." Source: Kansas City Star |
School Food |
| Jan 4, 2012 |
''Greasy to gourmet: Seattle chefs help schools trade corn dogs for couscous'' "For most of public-school history, cafeteria food was something to be endured and then forgotten immediately upon graduating. But in recent years, many parents, health advocates, and doctors have targeted school lunch as one of the aspects of our food system most in need of scrutiny and reform." Source: Grist |
School Food |
| Jan 3, 2012 |
''Is pizza a vegetable? Lessons from the fight to change the way America's school kids eat lunch'' "New regulations for school lunches, which are funded by the federal government, were proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture last month and will be officially announced in January. The new rules are based on recommendations from the National Academies' Institute of Medicine, and may take effect as early as July." Source: Deseret News |
School Food |
| Jan 3, 2012 |
''Asking the right questions about school food 'miracles' of 2011'' "Every now and then, a story appears in the media gushing about a “school food miracle worker” apparently serving healthier, higher quality food than usually found in school lunch programs, and costing no more than what a typical school district spends on a less healthy meal. The reader is left wondering why all schools don't just do what the “miracle worker” does." Source: Beyond Chron |
School Food |
| Jan 2, 2012 |
''Salad bars are a hit at Hurst-Euless-Bedford elementary schools'' "As part of a plan to promote health, introduce children to fresh fruits and vegetables and wean them off junk food, the Hurst-Euless-Bedford district is adding salad bars to elementary schools." Source: Star-Telegram |
School Food |
| Dec 12, 2011 |
''A Real Choice for Parents on Their Kids’ Health'' “At a time when 21 million students across the U.S. are receiving free or low-cost school lunches, Congress has voted to block new guidelines that would have limited the use of potatoes and sodium in the National School Lunch Program.” Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food |
| Dec 6, 2011 |
“If they weren’t so damaging to children, congressional leaders’ explanations for their policy decisions that cater to big money interests at those children’s expense would be downright funny.”
Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food |
