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Posted March 13th, 2013 by Manel Kappagoda
Earlier this week, New York Justice Milton Tingling handed down a judgment invalidating New York City’s portion control regulations on sugar-sweetened beverages. At ChangeLab Solutions, we were disappointed Judge Tingling blocked the restrictions, but we’re hopeful New York City will successfully appeal the decision. Many have applauded the ruling — we’ve seen lots of chatter [...]
Posted March 7th, 2013 by Manel Kappagoda
In today’s MomsRising blog carnival on junk-free schools, you’ll be reading about all kinds of ways to make sure snacks and other foods sold in schools are better for our kids. But we could be completely undermining those efforts without even realizing it – if we don’t start addressing another critical aspect of our kids’ [...]
Posted December 6th, 2012 by Manel Kappagoda
Have you checked out the water fountains at your kids’ school lately? See any like the ones you remember from your childhood? If so, are they in good working order? And how does the water taste? Sad to say, the prevalent drinking fountains of our youth are all but relics of the past. At many [...]
Posted October 25th, 2012 by Manel Kappagoda
I’m going to need some help, and I’m going to need it soon. My daughter Ruby is a typically happy, silly two-year old girl. Up until now, I’ve been able to control pretty much everything she eats and drinks. When she was born, I breast-fed her. When she started eating solid food, she enjoyed tomatoes [...]
Posted September 6th, 2012 by Manel Kappagoda
This weekend, I spent some time at the park with my two-year old daughter and two friends from my mother’s group who also have two-year olds. We’re all working mothers, working both because we want to work and because we have to work – and the conversation quickly circled around to the hot topic of [...]
