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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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Dinner on the house at Decatur hospital

 Dec. 29, 2014

No one wants to spend Christmas in the hospital, but for those who must, the hospitals want it to feel a bit like home with the familiar taste of a holiday meal.

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Los Angeles votes against GMOs? Not so fast

Dec. 29, 2014

Three days before Los Angeles lawmakers voted on a proposal to ban genetically modified crops, the world's largest biotechnology trade group hired three top City Hall lobbyists to stop it.

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Salad bars come to Detroit schools

Dec. 29, 2014

The introduction of a salad bar at Bates Academy is part of an ongoing effort by Detroit Public Schools to revamp the district's breakfast and lunch menus to increase student access to nutritious food.

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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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Busy day boxes

Dec. 23, 2014

We invite managers to call down and place orders for their units, and we take the lunches up to them.

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Wis. school district launches food feedback app

Dec. 22, 2014

Near the end of the 2013-14 school year, the Elmbrook School District launched a new "Nutrislice" application that can be accessed online or through a smartphone.

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Comfort’s healthy side

By Marygrace Taylor on Dec. 19, 2014

From meatloaf to fried chicken, lighter versions of classic comfort foods are being created by operators.

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"Fish to School" project brings fresh catch to Seacoast schools

Dec. 19, 2014

Fish sticks made way for a different sea bounty at schools throughout the Seacoast on Wednesday, Dec. 11, when locally caught Acadian redfish was prepared and served in the cafeteria.

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Ask first

Dec. 19, 2014

We have begun sending milk at breakfast only to those patients who ask for it, instead of including milk on every tray.

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