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Houston couple focuses on improving school lunches

 Feb. 14, 2014

One of the most pressing issues concerning childhood obesity deals specifically with the lunches and snacks that are served to students in schools.

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Snow days causing missed meals in schools

 Feb. 13, 2014

When cold snaps and blizzards shutter schools, kids miss more than their daily lessons. Some miss out on the day's nutritious meal as well.

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University of Virginia considers new food provider

Feb. 13, 2014

University dining halls may see a new food provider before the fall semester, though University officials have not yet released information about the details of the potential switch.

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Snow days cause drop in milk sales

Feb. 13, 2014

Dean Foods (DF), which describes itself as the country’s largest milk processor, noted an unusual effect of the recent spate of bad winter weather on the dairy business.

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Some Minnesota schools deny lunch to students who can't afford it, study says

Feb. 12, 2014

The news story provoked national outrage as school children in Utah had their lunches tossed in the garbage because they didn’t have enough money to pay for them. But it turns out something similar is happening in Minnesota, as well.

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New Jersey school district stands behind ban on lunch deliveries

Feb. 12, 2014

The response to the Ridgewood School District's new ban on outside vendor lunch deliveries to village schools has amped up considerably.

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New York students' lunch hour as early as 9 a.m.

Feb. 10, 2014

A whopping 56% of schools have started serving lunch by 11 a.m., according to an analysis of Education Department records by WNYC's SchoolBook.org website and the Daily News.

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Portland school board will not ban peanuts

Feb. 06, 2014

Prepackaged peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will stay on the menu at Portland’s Beverly Cleary school, despite a push to make the school peanut-free.

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Healthy changes at Arkansas hospital benefit patrons and community

Feb. 06, 2014

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital remodeled its cafe last year, making healthy changes that help cafe patrons and the community.

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Some Oregon college students fear going hungry, survey says

Feb. 06, 2014

Nearly six in 10 students at an Oregon university could not afford to get enough healthy food at one point in the school year, a problem that threatens their school performance as well as their physical and emotional health, researchers say.

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