By Malkia “Kia” McLeod Polls show that 80 percent of parents are concerned with the state of children’s health and 74 percent with childhood obesity. Smart Snacks is one way that schools a...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages As school gets back in session across the country, many students are picking up trowels and watering cans in addition to pencils and notebook paper. School garde...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages Thanksgiving is tomorrow; and now is the perfect time to start planning for a healthy and happy holiday. To help you get organized, we rounded up our favorite he...
Topics: School Breakfast & Lunch This week, Rep. Paul Ryan recounted a story about a food insecure student who “didn’t want a free lunch.” His speech emphasized parental involvem...
Topics: Obesity Encouraging health news: childhood obesity trends may be stabilizing, according to a recent study published in the Pediatrics journal. Researchers studied 9,000 students ages 11-16 and...
Topics: Federal Policy, Obesity, Healthy Snacks & Beverages First Lady Michelle Obama recently unveiled proposed guidelines to eliminate junk food marketing in schools. Advertising will be limited...
Topics: Federal Policy, School Breakfast & Lunch, Healthy Snacks & Beverages Beginning this fall, school snacks and meals will become even more nutritious thanks to new Smart Snacks guidelines...
Download Resource Bag the Junk: Improving competitive food policy to create healthier, smarter school environments Want to improve the nutritional quality of snack foods and beverages sold at your sch...
Topics: Federal Policy There’s sure to be much discussion in the coming months over what foods can be sold in schools, now that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed its much-anticipated “Sm...
Topics: Fundraisers/School Revenue, Obesity In this three-part series, we explore what competitive foods are (http://bit.ly/1eK4DHs), the impact they have on kids’ health (http://bit.ly/1bNtDMC) and w...