Food!

September 27, 2013

Author's note: As the mother of teen who was diagnosed with hypertension and high cholesterol at the age of 15, I strongly applaud the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrition standards for schools. The standards, the first change in 15 years, will go far in stemming the tide of...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food!

September 26, 2013

My son has had stomach issues pretty much all of his life. By the time he was two, he'd had extensive medical testing done, all to no avail. Finally, we discovered that he had Milk Soy Protein Intolerance (MSPI). Before that point, I'd never heard of MSPI and, although I prided myself on being a...

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Amber Dunn

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September 26, 2013

Confession. Making my kids lunch every day is hard for me. I’m not proud of this. I am a mom that works in childhood obesity prevention, I have overhauled the snack program at our daycare, I am active in the local food movement, and I’m the mom that doesn’t bring chips or cookies for the baseball...

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Kate Uslan

Food!

September 26, 2013

Have you heard about the USDA Nutritional Standards for school lunches? Based on past conversations, many of you pay for your kids to have school lunch and pack lunches from home for special treats. That is why I was happy to hear from my friends at MomsRising that some major changes had been made...

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Kimberly Coleman

Food!

September 26, 2013

When I was a teacher at an elementary school in the Bronx, I noticed that my students had poor diets. They started off their day with candy from the bodega and walked into class with blue tongues. For lunch, some students would eat the school lunch but many would eat their own lunch- usually some...

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Catarina Rivera

Food!

September 25, 2013

During my college days as I studied to become an elementary school teacher, Wellness and Fitness for the Child was part of my elementary education coursework. Almost twenty years ago, I remember hearing for the first time the horrible truths about saturated fats, food coloring, partially...

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Denise Mestanza-Taylor

Food!

September 25, 2013

~Editor's note: As a mother of three, pediatric clinician and public health advocate, Aliya Hussaini brings a unique and compelling point of view to the conversation about the need to design schools to be environments where the healthy choice is the easy choice. A 2012 study from the Robert Wood...

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Aliya Hussaini, MD

Food!

September 25, 2013

Allow me to be Captain Obvious for a moment - Proper nutrition is vital to our children’s health. It’s a topic that should not be taken lightly. However, for some reason my husband and I are being entirely too trusting of our school district to provide healthy and palatable meals for our children...

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Brandy Butler

Food!

September 23, 2013

Like most of you out there, I'm a very busy mom. Not only am I a blogger, but I'm also a freelance writer, and photographer for our local newspaper. Throw in all the normal "Mommy" and "Wife" duties, and my plate is full. The last thing I want to be worrying about is my children's nutrition...

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Rosalynda Segovia Thorn

Food!

September 23, 2013

After much thought. I have come to the conclusion that it is time for some tough love at the table. Elizabeth Tatham with her husband and four children. As the mother of four, I have made it my priority to raise respectful children with life skills of self-sufficiency, and the ability to make...

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