Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| Feb 13, 2012 |
''A Squeeze on Customers Ahead of New Rules'' "Banks are struggling to make money in the credit card business these days, and consumers are paying the price. Interest rates are going up, credit lines are being cut and a variety of new fees are being imposed on even the best cardholders." Source: The New York Times |
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| 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 17, 2012 |
''FDA and drug industry agree on user-fee proposal for generics'' "The Food and Drug Administration would collect hundreds of millions of dollars in new fees from pharmaceutical companies to help speed up the review of generic drugs, under an agreement with the industry released by the agency on Friday." Source: Associated Press |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
