Tag: nutrition
-
Trimble County parents protest ‘humiliating’ treatment of students whose school lunchroom accounts are in the red
Parents in Trimble County are demanding that the county schools stop serving cheese sandwiches to students whose lunchroom accounts are in the red, Kayla Vanover of WAVE-TV in Louisville reports....
-
Health care professionals strongly endorse new federal dietary guidelines, which say to eat less red and processed meat
A group of 700 physicians and other health care professionals sent a letter of strong endorsement to the secretaries of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services...
-
‘Mind Matters’ Health Fair in Lexington May 18 will focus on brain and nutrition; famous chef will make free “brain healthy” food
Ouita Michel Nationally known Bluegrass chef Ouita Michel of Midway, who owns seven Lexington-area eateries, will be cooking up free “brain healthy” food at the seventh annual “Mind Matters” Health...
-
Two weeks of high-fiber, low-fat diet brings changes that protect against colon cancer; high-fat diet brings changes with more risk
Two weeks is all it took for a change in diet to increase production of a substance in the gut that may reduce the risk of colon cancer, according to...
-
Study finds nutritious food costs more in poor, rural areas, suggests that SNAP (food stamp) policies be changed
A study has found that nutritious foods are more expensive in impoverished rural counties than in urban counties, a phenomenon that doesn’t help public health officials who teach healthy eating...
-
Pilot salad bar will determine whether other Jefferson Co. schools follow suit in bid to increase students’ veggie and fruit intake
The Jefferson County Public School system is pilot-testing a salad bar at Atherton High School to entice students to eat more vegetables and fruits, a goal of the new federal...
-
School nutritionists’ lobbying group, freshly funded by grocery makers, wants more funding and flexibility with school-lunch rules
School nutrition officials want more flexibility with new school lunch rules to cut down on the waste of unwanted food, Spencer Chase reports for Agri-Pulse, a Washington newsletter. Julia Bauscher, president of...
-
Crittenden County Elementary School is latest school in area to restrict nuts to protect the health of those with nut allergies
This story has been updated to include information about other Western Kentucky schools with nut restrictions. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a lunchbox staple for many American children, but...
-
Researchers discuss physical activity as a way of maintaining or improving health; daily walking is still the best exercise
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Obesity worsens the damage that arthritis does to joints, but simply telling patients to go home and diet and exercise is not working, and...
-
Federal dietary guidelines recommend cutting back on red and processed meat, sugar and refined grains
The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services have released proposed 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The guidelines, released every five years, “provide authoritative advice about consuming...