Food!

June 28, 2013

See you later sugary soda, chips, and candy! You see, you are once-in-a-while foods which have no place in schools where students can buy you every day. It is time to feed our kids the fuel they need to get through the school day, to support their physical health, and to teach them how to live...

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Kate Uslan

Food!

June 26, 2013

Moms and dads are the ﬁrst line of defense when it comes to making sure our children live healthy lives. At home, we do all we can to make sure that the meals and snacks they eat are nutritious, but our children aren't always at home or in our care. It takes a community effort to ensure that kids...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Food!

June 20, 2013

Hunger does not discriminate. Take, for instance, Lorraine. A mother of two young girls ages 4 and 7, Lorraine had fallen on some hard times when the company that employed her folded. She couldn’t find a job and couldn't pay her bills. She was able to feed her daughters thanks to SNAP, the...

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Migdalia Rivera

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

June 13, 2013

Sign This Petition Abbott Labratories, the makers of Similac Infant Formula, had a shareholders meeting and voted down removing GMOs from their infant formula. And thus abandoning babies. *jaw drops to ground* I sat here completely stunned because not only does Similac Infant Formula contain...

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Leah Segedie

Food!

June 13, 2013

A coalition is astir. Mothers are being heard. Children are not pawns to be used for gain. Junk food marketing to children must stop. “ " Over the past three decades, childhood obesity has doubled among children and tripled among adolescents, according to the Center for Disease Control and...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food!

June 10, 2013

Taking the pledge to support healthy out-of-school programs: One mom’s quest to provide healthy environments for kids to learn, play, and grow. Shannon is a champion. She is a mom, a Girl Scout Troop leader, and an advocate for children whose passion for living a healthy, active lifestyle has...

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Molly B. Newman MS, RD

Food!

May 24, 2013

“I pinky promise!” my son told me when I asked if he was going to eat all his vegetables. To break that promise would have violated his tween ethical code. It was a solemn oath, one of the greatest any child could give. In 2007, major food and beverage companies made their own pinky promise to...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food!

May 21, 2013

Latino students are widely exposed to high-fat, high-sugar snacks and drinks sold in schools, but implementing stronger nutritional standards can yield healthier school snacks for this growing population at high risk of obesity, according to a new package of research materials released today by...

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Dr. Amelie Ramirez

Food!

May 8, 2013

It’s 7am. I say -- for the eleventh time -- “J., let’s put on your shoes.” At 7:05, I say again, “J., time to put on your shoes.” Next day? Same words, same scene. But, I swear, there’s no repeating necessary when it comes to Elmo. That little red Muppet caught my 17-month-old son’s attention in an...

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Gigi Kellett

Food!

May 8, 2013

Story by Alessandra Gaia Gorini Happy and healthy, this is how I feel and when I sit at my table to eat, I thank my family for teaching me simple behaviors to learn to love myself, starting in the kitchen! Since I was 16, I’ve been cooking. It makes me feel real and it gives me the feeling of being...

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