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White House selects new executive director for Let’s Move!

 Jan. 09, 2015

Debra Eschmeyer has been named the new executive director of the White House’s Let’s Move! anti-childhood-obesity campaign.

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Leeza Lindsay, R.D.

Jan. 08, 2015

Leeza Lindsay, R.D., has made a difference at Torrance Unified School District by guiding the creation of a new wellness policy and putting together a breakfast program.

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Farm to fork programs gaining popularity

Jan. 06, 2015

Many students are curious about how what they eat gets from the farm to the fork - and want to explore the environmental, economic, historical, cultural, social justice and public health issues along that path.

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South Carolina hospital switches to eco-friendly food containers

Jan. 05, 2015

To reduce the use of Styrofoam plates and bowls, the hospital has started using plates and bowls made of plant fibers, according to a news release.

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This time regulators have a problem with prisons’ foodservices

Jan. 05, 2015

Dirty kitchen conditions and violations repeated for several months are among some of the more consistent findings in food safety inspections for Kansas prisons.

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Confessions of Linda Eichenberger

Jan. 05, 2015

Linda Eichenberger, director of child nutrition services for the Oak Hills Local School District in Cincinnati, admires her father, would love to travel through Alaska by car, and wishes she could dance.

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Fast food hasn’t improved in new millennium, study says

Jan. 02, 2015

Two new reports from researchers at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University shows little change in fast food portion sizes and product formulation between 1996 and 2013.

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University of Colorado student pushes for trayless dining

Jan. 02, 2015

Trayless dining in university dining halls: a simple idea, but one with few case studies and fewer reliable metrics.

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Texas considers EpiPen mandate for schools

Dec. 31, 2014

The death of a Corpus Christi middle school football player has prompted the introduction of a state bill requiring that EpiPens be stocked in all public and charter schools.

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“Farm to bedside” plan grows in two hospitals

Dec. 29, 2014

St. Joseph’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, hosts a farmers market every Wednesday in its main lobby featuring produce gown on the hospital’s 25-acre farm.

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