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Snack bars and junk food common in schools: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - About half of all elementary school students can buy potato chips, ice cream or similar snacks in vending machines and at snack bars during school, suggests a new study. Researchers said they'd hoped that with more encouragement for districts to improve nutrition in foods offered at school and an increasing focus on childhood obesity, fewer kids would have access to ...

Snack bars and junk food common in schools

About half of all elementary school students can buy potato chips, ice cream or similar snacks in vending machines and at snack bars during school, suggests a new study

First Lady Eats With Elementary Students to Tout New School Lunch Standards

As a group of elementary school children went through the lunch line at Parklawn Elementary school in Alexandria, Va., first lady Michelle Obama playfully reminded the students, “Don’t forget your veggies!” Obama was joined by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and celebrity chef Rachael Ray to...

Worries mount in Idaho, nation over lack of physical education

As cash-strapped public schools have cut back on spending for physical education, some members of Congress want to intervene, worried that the nations schools are churning out too many fat… Click to Continue »

Obama Pushing Chef Salad for Kids Hands School Districts $3.2 Billion Tab

An overhaul of U.S. school meal standards that replaces breaded patties and canned fruit with fresh tomatoes and chef salad will cost $3.2 billion over five years, less than half of what was initially proposed by the Obama administration.

Obama Pushes Salad to School Kids at $7 Billion Cost to States

School lunch counters will start replacing breaded patties and canned fruit with fresh tomatoes and chef salad as the Obama administration moves forward with an overhaul of U.S. meal standards that may cost states and local agencies $7 billion.

Transforming school lunches: The 'historic' new rules

The federal government is trimming the salt and fat in cafeteria meals. Will it help slim down America's students?

Rancho Cordova mom turns around big diabetes risk factor for Mexican Americans: Her diet

The Mexican American community has some of the highest rates in a surge of diabetes nationwide. The disease can provoke heart attacks, high blood pressure, kidney failure and blindness, and is the seventh-leading cause of death nationwide.

The battle with obesity

New School Lunch Guidelines Stress Veggies

First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday unveiled new nutrition guidelines for school lunches that require cafeterias to serve more fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, sufficient calories, low-fat and nonfat milk, and less sodium.

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