Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| Jun 25, 2013 |
Infographic Urges USDA to Set National Standards for School Snacks Although some states and districts have created standards for what can be sold as snacks and beverages in schools, the USDA hasn’t updated national guidelines in over 30 years. An infographic recently released by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project summarizes research that supports the need for national nutrition standards for snack foods and beverages sold in schools. Source: Mother Nature Network |
School Food |
| Jun 27, 2013 |
“New USDA snack standards still not strict enough for some Montgomery parents” Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project, speaks to the Washington Post about the USDA's decision to finalize interim rules for snack foods and beverages sold in schools. Source: Washington Post |
School Food |
| Jun 27, 2013 |
''Rules for School Vending Machines, Snacks Unveiled'' Education Week interviews Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project about the USDA's decision to finalize interim rules on snack foods and beverages sold in schools. Source: Education Week |
School Food |
| Jun 27, 2013 |
“Brownies Bounced From Cafeterias in Healthier Eating Push” "Children consume as many as half their daily calories in school, where they spend more time than any location except their homes, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts, which underwrites food safety programs. Studies show snacks add 112 calories to the average elementary-school student’s daily diet, and those who live in states with strong snack policies gain less weight over three years than those without regulations." Source: Bloomberg |
School Food |
| Jun 27, 2013 |
''Minn. School’s Adjust To USDA Lunch Guidelines'' "Minnesota schools are adjusting after the USDA issued new guidelines on the amount of fat and calories contained in snacks made available in lunchrooms. The guidelines are related to the school lunch changes that went into effect last year that cut calories, fat and sodium on kids’ plates. They’ll now include snacks, sides, and everything else in school." Source: CBS |
School Food |
| Jun 27, 2013 |
“USDA touts 'Smart snacks' standards” The U.S. Department of Agriculture has set new nutrition standards for food sold as snacks in schools, giving fruit and vegetable shippers opportunities for vending machines and snack bars. After considering nearly 250,000 comments, the agency on June 27 published the regulation, called “Smart Snacks in Schools,” also known as the “competitive snacks” rule, for junk food that competes with healthier lunch menus. Source: The Packer |
School Food |
| Jun 27, 2013 |
More Standards Released for School Nutrition The Obama administration on Thursday released long-awaited nutrition standards for foods that schoolchildren can buy outside the cafeteria, changes that are intended to combat climbing childhood obesity rates. Source: New York Times |
School Food |
| Jun 28, 2013 |
''What the New USDA Rules for Healthier School Snacks Mean for Schools'' Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods project, discusses the USDA's decision to finalize interim rules for snack foods and beverages sold in schools. Source: Time |
School Food |
| Jun 30, 2013 |
2010 Pew Scholar Identifies Mammalian Immune Regulators Changchun Xiao, a 2010 Pew scholar and assistant professor at The Scripps Research Institute, was lead author in a paper in Nature Immunology focusing on tiny RNA molecules. His findings demonstrated that mice with too little of the tiny RNA molecules were immune deficient, while mice with too many of the molecules developed an auto-immune disorder. His Pew supported research could inform vaccine production and drug development for autoimmune diseases and immune deficient diseases. Source: The Scripps Research Institute |
Biomedical Research |
| Jul 1, 2013 |
2012 Pew Scholar Profiled in The Scientist Peter Cornish, a 2012 Pew scholar and assistant professor at University of Missouri’s Department of Biochemistry, is featured in a profile in The Scientist magazine.Source: The Scientist |
Biomedical Research |
| Jul 3, 2013 |
New Standards for School Vending Machines Provide More Than Just Healthy Snacks While it might take time before we can evaluate the impact of the new standards, which won’t take effect until September 2014, we can look at what we already know to assess them in comparison to the current status quo. The first hint of the new regulation’s potential comes from the Pew Charitable Trusts Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project, showing that children and teens gained less weight over three years if they lived in a state with strong policies on school snacks than if they lived in a state without such standards. Source: Triple Pundit |
School Food |
| Jul 6, 2013 |
''New regulations promote healthier snack foods in schools'' Jessica Donze Black speaks with Online Athens about the USDA's decision to set nutrition standards on school snack foods and beverages. Source: Online Athens |
School Food |
| Jul 9, 2013 |
Snack Food Calories Restricted Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, speaks with Education Week about new rules to restrict calories in snack foods and beverages sold in schools. Source: Education Week |
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| Jul 9, 2013 |
"The legislation requiring public disclosure of the financial relationships between healthcare vendors and physicians has been widely discussed in policy circles for years. Critics claimed payments for speaking, consulting, research or even the small trinkets and meals delivered during routine sales calls unduly influenced physician choices and inflated healthcare costs. To combat those effects, Congress required public reporting of those payments in a publicly accessible database. The legislation, labeled the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, was included in the 2010 healthcare reform law." Source: ModernHealthcare.com |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Yesterday |
''U.S. House Farm Bill Would Delay Food Safety Law'' ''The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that could significantly delay implementation of sweeping new food safety legislation designed to reduce food-borne illnesses.'' Source: Reuters |
Food Safety |
