Editor’s note from the Say Ahhh! blog: Happy Super Bowl Weekend! As diehard Say Ahhh! fans know, that means its time for our annual Super Blog-Off. This year, we’ve asked the blogging teams to face off on which state has done more to make the promise of the Affordable Care Act a reality for its [...]
Let’s be clear: I support giving children choices and empowering them to make good ones. Those are crucial life skills that need to be reinforced at home and at school. That being said, the adults at home and at school have a responsibility to make sure that the choices presented are all healthy choices. As [...]
You did it! Procter & Gamble has just agreed to reformulate Tide and Tide Free & Gentle to drastically reduce the levels of the cancer-causing chemical 1,4-dioxane! Learn more. In just one short year, you moved the biggest consumer product company on the planet to make this change. Together, we not only made a difference [...]
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, signed into law in December 2010, charged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with updating school food nutrition standards to reflect the latest nutrition science. Updates to the nutrition standards for school meals went into effect at the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year, and schools across the country have [...]
Sign the Petition Asking Beyoncé to Ditch Pepsi/Resign from Let’s Move! In a sickening development involving the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative to improve the nutrition, fitness and health of the nation’s children, the initiative’s celebrity spokeswoman, Beyoncé, accepted a $50 million deal to sell Pepsi. She’ll be hawking soda to kids on TV, at grocery stores, on Pepsi cans, [...]
President Obama faces a profound decision as he considers who will step into Lisa Jackson’s shoes. Over the past decade, EPA has become a lightening rod for the heated partisan debate about the size and role of government. The agency has also come to serve as a rhetorical punching bag for those determined to pit [...]
I vividly remember once overhearing my then-six-year-old son’s friend asking how he could get six-pack abs. I was shocked that these young boys were so concerned with their appearance and so aware of what the media was pushing as the ideal male body. Of even more concern, a strong desire to look good leads boys [...]
On January 3rd, I met with MomsRising members in Wilmington, NC for a “Parent Warrior Brigade” for toxic chemicals reform. We were joined by Jerry Ensminger, fellow “Parent Warrior” and former Marine drill sergeant, whose daughter died from leukemia after exposure to toxic chemicals in the water at Camp Lejeune. He shared some words of [...]
With New Year’s fast approaching, the “fiscal cliff” puts billions of dollars of critical investments for children at risk. If policy makers do nothing, millions of children could be pushed into poverty with the expiration of improvements to the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Families with an income of less than [...]
This year has been an exciting one for school nutrition. In January, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) finalized the first updates to school meal standards in 17 years. This fall, the changes meant healthier meals were appearing in school cafeterias around the country. The guidelines help to bring the meals into line with [...]
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