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Our kids are getting too much salt

October 13, 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report last month detailing the much-too-high amount of sodium present in most children’s diets. According to the report, 90 percent of children eat too much sodium, and these higher intakes are related to high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke later in life.
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Good Food Force Weekly Update: Apple recipes, Healthy Halloween and more!

October 8, 2014
Welcome to this week's Good Food Force Update! We're celebrating FALL with some healthy apple recipes, and a Healthy Halloween Tweetchat. Also check out a great training opportunity with MomsRising.org in Washington, D.C.! As always, please read and share. Thanks! 1. THE HOT LINE Good Food Force...
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#FoodFri Tweetchat: Cafeteria Man, Fighting for Healthier School Foods

October 8, 2014
Join #FoodFri on October 10, at 1 p.m., EST , to chat with Richard Chisolm the Director of Cafeteria Man , a documentary that follows Tony Geraci, Chef and Baltimore School Food-Service Director, on his journey to replace processed school meals with locally-grown, freshly-prepared meals. The film,...
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Watch on Wednesday: #POWHERList: Healthy Lives!

October 7, 2014
Health and safety are absolute essentials to achieving economic success for women and their families. That is why this week NYS PowHER will focus on Healthy Lives: Securing Economic Equality by Ensuring Reproductive Options, Ending Domestic Violence and Providing Childcare. Watch the Google Hangout...
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A Growing Hope: Community Organizing to End Childhood Obesity

October 6, 2014
Although National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, a designation intended to raise awareness about the problem of obesity and show people how they can take steps toward a solution, has passed, we want to remind everyone that the need to raise awareness has not. In the last generation, childhood...
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Crowdfeeding - Food Drives for the 21st Century

October 6, 2014
We launched our Crowd-Feeding platform in June 2014 and hosted our first food drive campaign over the summer, partnering with Curbing Hunger and a number of other terrific organizations. The campaign raised over 56,000 LBS of food, including tons of fresh produce, to help those facing food...
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Healthy Food Superheroes UNITE!

October 3, 2014
What an exciting moment to be working on food justice! Change is happening on every front, from the new meal and snack standards in schools, to real progress being made in the fight against junk food marketing to kids. We’re so proud to have such a stellar group of moms working with us on this...
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#FoodFri Chat de Twitter: Consejos y Estrategias Saludables de Halloween

October 3, 2014
Octubre trae días más cortos, manzanas crujientes, calabazas y Halloween. Se anuncia al inicio de la temporada de vacaciones que durará hasta Enero. También marca el inicio de los dulces de Halloween, las fiestas escolares y una arremetida de comida chatarra a los que tus hijos están expuestos en...
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#FoodFri Tweetchat: Healthy Halloween Tips & Strategies

September 30, 2014
October brings shorter days, crisp apples, pumpkins and Halloween. It heralds in the beginning of the holiday season that will last until January. It also marks the beginning of Halloween candy, school parties and an onslaught of junk food that your kids are exposed to this time of year. Yet, we...
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Good Food Force: Alicia Keys, #MomsVote, Lunch Box Inspirations and more!

September 26, 2014
Welcome to this week's Good Food Force Update! We have a special announcement this week ... please read on, and share! 1. THE HOT LINE Announcing... #WeAreHere! HUGE news! Alicia Keys just announced she's contributing to @MomsRising & #WeAreHere partners! Find out more about #WeAreHere at: www...
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