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Principal cooks up lesson on nutrition, culture

 May 04, 2015

One Massachusetts principal ladled out servings of her mother’s homemade Portuguese Kale Soup in an effort to teach students to expand their palate and about using healthy, fresh ingredients as part of a good diet.

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‘Top Chef’ judge joins school nutrition effort

 May 04, 2015

Gail Simmons is raising awareness about child nutrition issues in New York City, as Congress prepares to reauthorize the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

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Hospital plants garden to serve better food

May 01, 2015

A chef at a South Dakota-area hospital is growing his own herbs and flowers to spice up the cafeteria.

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Retired generals: U.S. kids too fat to fight

May 01, 2015

Some former top-ranked military officials say prioritizing healthy school meals and fitness is a matter of national security, citing 69% of young adults in Minnesota cannot serve due to poor health.

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Aramark adopts new global animal welfare policies

By Bianca N. Herron on May 01, 2015

The new practices will extend to operations and growers outside of the United States.

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Students embrace healthful, local food

Apr. 29, 2015

Students at one New York elementary school have taken sustainability to heart, enjoying healthful, local food and only taking as much as they’ll eat.

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School tries to regulate packed lunches

Apr. 29, 2015

One parent received a note with healthy lunch regulations after a teacher prevented her 5-year-old daughter from eating the Oreos in her packed lunch.

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Nebraska-area schools completes goal to have students fit by 2020

Apr. 28, 2015

Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln set a goal five years ago to reduce childhood obesity rates in Lincoln Public Schools by 10 percent by 2020—LPS has reached that goal six years ahead of schedule. Now the goal is to double that percent.

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Students petition for nutrition labels on menus

Apr. 28, 2015

A group of students started a petition at one Chicago university, hoping to improve nutrition labels on menus in the student center.

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Another school drops out of the National School Lunch Program

Apr. 28, 2015

Students at a Pennsylvania-based high school would rather eat lunch they brought from home as opposed to the healthier foods being served in their cafeteria—costing the school money.

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