Sodexo brings food truck to S.C. school district
“Street Eatz” plays on the food truck craze while attempting to get more kids to eat nutritious school lunches.
University chefs across West Coast compete for bragging rights
Hand-picked student diners from UC Santa Barbara judged a four-course tasting menu.
The Healthy School Meals Realized through Techonology (SMART) Schools is a program designed by preventative medicine experts to track students’ food choices when cafeteria workers scan a student’s identification card and log their food selections. Parents receive a monthly report card that summarizes the food selections that their children have made.
Study published in Pediatrics indicates that children and teens consumed an additional 84 calories and 230 calories, respectively, on days that they eat pizza. However, researchers also indicated that the only time that eating pizza didn’t increase kids’ daily caloric intake is when it was consumed at a school cafeteria. This could be due to schools using healthier ingredients, such as whole-wheat crusts and more vegetables.