Tag: school lunch
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Free-for-all food program increases student participation, raises Ky. breakfast count by 25% with only 39% of districts participating
Kentucky schools participating in a program that provides free breakfast and lunch to all students in high-poverty schools have significantly increased student participation in school lunch and breakfast programs, Charles...
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Schools and students are still getting used to lunches that are healthier but not as suited to their tastes
School lunches look and taste different than they did before new federal nutrition standards kicked in, and that has caused more food to end up in garbage cans and more...
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Kids’ excessive salty snacks are linked to obesity, high blood pressure; new limits on school vending items may help
As new research shows that America’s child-obesity epidemic is linked to eating too many salty snacks, new federal regulations could ensure that vending-machine snacks in Kentucky’s schools are healthier and...
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Summer lunch programs promote healthy eating habits for students, their families and the entire community
Carol Greenwell, who runs the summer lunch program for Bardstown City Schools, hands Brennen Maddox a carton of fat-free milk after he picks up lunch. (Photo by Jennifer Corbett) Both school districts in Nelson County...
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Testing out new school lunch guidelines yields unhappy customers, more trash and an effort to undo the mandate
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, the Obama administration’s effort to mandate more fresh fruit, vegetables and whole grains into the diets of school children, has some uphill climbing to do...
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Kentucky Parent Survey: We could do a lot better on school meals, we’re very much in favor of more health education
Fewer than 10 percent of Kentucky parents report that their child has everwalked or biked to school. When asked, only about one in four Kentucky parents describe the meals served...
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Volunteer State becoming Salad State? CDC report shows Tennessee is getting less obese, leaving U.S.’s top 10
It can be done. A determined state can move the needle on its obesity numbers. Heidi Hall of The Tennessean reports that widespread efforts to change Tennesseans’ diet and exercise...
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Kentucky ranks third among the states in child obesity, a problem that has a broad scope and deep roots (first in a series)
(Photo by Tara Kaprowy for Kentucky Health News) By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News At every Girl Scouts meeting, Christmas concert, soccer field and swimming pool in Kentucky lies a...
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What is being done to fight child obesity in Kentucky, which ranks third nationally in the problem? (second in a series)
Students in Kenton County Schools sample kale chipsas part of an effort to incorporate more fruit andvegetables into their diets. (School district photo) By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Now...
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Cafeteria workers wear fruit costumes to promote healthy eating
Wanna get kids to eat more fruit and vegetables at lunch time? Dress up in a banana suit. That’s what cafeteria workers do at an elementary school in Hallandale Beach,...