Tag: nutrition
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At roundtable on food and agriculture, Prince Charles says we need to reconnect with the food system and nature, keep stock
Prince Charles “called for urgent restructuring of local and global economies to save humanity from itself” in a whirlwind visit to Louisville on Friday, James Bruggers reports for The Courier-Journal....
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Wendell and Mary Berry welcome Prince Charles and wife to Louisville, where prince will focus on local food and sustainability
In honor of a royal visit on Friday to Louisville by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who will be highlighting issues of sustainability and local food,...
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UK gets $2.5 million for rural child poverty nutrition center
L-R: Nancy Cox, dean of UK’s College of Agriculture, Foodand Environment; Secy. Tom Vilsack; Gov. Steve Beshear. Kentucky Health News Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced at the University of Kentucky...
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Poll: Ky. parents think children’s school lunches are very or somewhat nutritious, but they want more scratch-made options
Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky parents think school lunches are nutritious, but should offer more made from-scratch options, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll. The poll, taken Oct.8...
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Study: American children’s diets will cause early heart disease; Kentucky kids seem to be on the same track
Kentucky Health News A study shows that American kids are eating themselves toward early heart disease. The study, published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, looked at a...
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Research indicates that students throw away less food since new, healthier lunch rules were put in place
One of the most consistent complaints about the healthier school-lunch standards is that more food ends up in the garbage can, but a three-year study at urban middle schools says...
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Proposed nutritional guidelines add sustainability issues, in spite of Republicans’ warnings; eggs get a green light
A new draft of the federal government’s healthy eating guidelines recommends for the first time that Americans consider the “health of the planet along with the health of their hearts,”...
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Students in poor Louisville neighborhoods learn healthful behaviors in Farm to Family Initiative
A program to fight childhood obesity and foster healthy habits in Louisville’s under-served youth has seen positive results since its launch in October 2013, says KentuckyOne Health. Results include: 41 percent...
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Prince Charles to keynote Louisville health and food symposium
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles Prince Charles of the United Kingdom will keynote a health symposium in Louisville March 20. The prince of Wales and his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles, duchess...
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Anderson schools’ lunch profit is down nearly 10 percent; officials blame new federal nutrition standards; students object to food
Anderson County school officials say new federal nutrition standards are costing them money and hurting poor students because the students don’t like how the food tastes are opting out of...