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09/13/12

This article originally appeared in the Wishfit blog . School is back in session, and that means many kids are back in the lunch line. Last week I shared some fresh ideas for packed lunches , but what if your kids buy lunch? Are they happy with the lunch offerings at their school? Are you? In...

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Trisha Ryan

Food! Blog Carnivals

09/13/12

As one of Bravo's “Top Chef Masters” and author of Lorena Garcia's New Latin Classics: Fresh Ideas for Favorite Dishes , I’m thrilled to introduce this MomsRising Latino Blog Carnival -- Making the School Day Healthier. Healthy and delicious foods are my passion so I’m very happy that kids this...

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Chef Lorena Garcia

Food!

09/13/12

This post originally appeared in Presley's Pantry food blog. I don’t usually drive an hour and a half out of my way in the dead of heat to visit a high school cafeteria. That’s exactly what I did last month when I was invited to come to Arlington High School in Riverside. The Riverside school...

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Nicole Presley

Paid Sick Days Health Care Open Flexible Work

09/13/12

It’s no secret that Walmart is the largest employer in the country, diligently working to create a softer image of itself to consumers, environmentalists and others. What most consumers don’t know is that Walmart contracted warehouses across the country make it a common practice to put profits over...

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Paco Fabian

Open Flexible Work

09/13/12

I am so fed up with advice from people telling women that if they just make the right personal choices at the right time in the right order then there is no problem fitting career, marriage, and kids into our lives. That's a load of crap. If anyone had been able to figure out a way to PLAN her way...

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Kristin Maschka

09/13/12

This story originally appeared in LiveWell Colorado . The ubiquitous American grade school cafeteria is a drab place where limp-looking fruits sweetened in syrups are dispensed from tin cans. microwaved pizza is counted as a “vegetable” for the smattering of tomato paste atop the crust, and rubbery...

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Becky Furuta

Environmental Health

09/13/12

Last month, industry giant Johnson & Johnson made a stunning announcement: it was prepared to eliminate a “most wanted” list of chemicals from its beauty and baby products lines by 2015. Johnson & Johnson plans to phase out preservatives like quanternium-15, which releases formaldehyde, a...

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Margie Kelly

Health Care Food! Blog Carnivals

09/12/12

Like many parents, I’m excited that the 2012-2013 school-year has begun—the kids may already be grumbling about homework, but we parents know that while summertime can be good fun for the family, it can also be exhausting. I’m even more excited that my kids will have access healthier and more...

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Dr. Dwayne C. Proctor

Food!

09/12/12

DALLAS, TX -- Since Hector P. Garcia Middle School joined the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program two years ago, nurse Sandra Coleman has been intent on making impactful changes. She is greatly concerned by the increase in childhood obesity rates and has learned that...

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Kate Uslan

Environmental Health Health Care

09/12/12

The League of Conservation Voters have taken Carly Rae Jepsen's pop gem "Call Me Maybe" and turned it into a fun way to share a powerful message: Pass the Safe Chemicals Act! Beat the midweek slump by clicking the image above and watching " Test it Maybe ?"

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