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The Big Picture: Health & Wellness

 Dec. 13, 2012

FoodService Director has released the results of The Big Picture, which we believe is the most comprehensive non-commercial research project ever conducted. As the name suggests, our goal is to give readers a thorough look into the non-commercial ind

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Making menus healthier

Dec. 13, 2012

Operators have employed many tactics to make their menus healthier. Increasing fruits and vegetables and whole-grain offerings are the most frequently used strategies.

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Fruit, healthy proteins to increase in next two years

Dec. 13, 2012

Fruit, healthy proteins and yogurts/parfaits are on the rise for breakfast menus in the next two years, according to research from The Big Picture. For most operators, the predicted increase in these categories is due to providing healthier options for customers.

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Schools' New Balancing Act: Staying on the National School Lunch Program?

By Paul King on Dec. 03, 2012

The implementation of the new U.S. Department of Agriculture meal regulations for school breakfasts and lunches may be causing some school districts—particularly those with low percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price meals—to c

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Wellness programs working—in theory

Dec. 03, 2012

According to The Big Picture research, 71% of operators have an employee wellness program and a great majority of them say they believe the wellness programs are working. Offering everything from nutrition guidance to smoking cessation classes and even sleep-well clinics, such programs are geared toward stemming rising healthcare costs.

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Is food anarchy the answer?

By Paul King on Nov. 29, 2012

I received an interesting email yesterday morning from Julie Gunlock, director of the Women for Food Freedom Project at the Independent Women’s Forum. She was promoting an opinion piece she had written for the Los Angeles Times. Although she asked for nothing, I suppose she was looking for a secondary outlet for her message.

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What is "stealth health?"

Nov. 25, 2012

Fifty-two percent of operators aren’t familiar with the term “stealth health,” according to research from The Big Picture. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t practicing it in their operations.

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LTC/senior living facilities don’t market healthy menu items

Nov. 19, 2012

Fifty-one percent of LTC/senior living facilities do not market their healthy menu items.

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Do we need Food Policy Councils?

By Paul King on Nov. 19, 2012

Part of my weekend reading was an article about the creation of a Food Policy Council for the city of Madison, Wis.

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Schools' New Balancing Act

By Paul King on Nov. 12, 2012

The first two or three months of the 2012-2013 school year could rank as the most challenging time for the National School Lunch Program since its inception more than 60 years ago. New meal regulations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, set down as

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