Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
