Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages During summer vacation, kids who typically receive daily school meals are at an increased risk for both hunger and obesity. Research shows that some children gai...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages, Vending, Cafeteria a la Carte Lines To mark the kick-off of our website, we asked Bag the Junk project director Lisa Sharma Creighton a few questions to get the...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages HUGE thanks to the hundreds of educators and friends who stopped by the Bag the Junk booth at the National Education Association’s 2013 Expo in Atlanta, Georgia,...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages One of nature’s tastiest tropical fruits also has a nifty trick on its sleeve! Did you know that bananas are great for sending a secret message? It’s...
Topics: Obesity Children are exposed to advertisements for sugary cereals, high-calorie sodas and fast food restaurants from every which way every day. With kids using technology at younger and younge...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages Schools across the country are discovering that kids don’t need to learn about healthy eating in isolation; nutrition can be woven into and reinforced by nearly ...
Topics: Fundraisers/School Revenue For years, school fundraisers have centered around junk food – either asking students to sell candy to their family and neighbors, or by motivating students to...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages Last Friday, September 13, Bag the Junk project director Lisa Creighton was the guest host of MomsRising’s weekly #FoodFri Twitter chat. We were thrilled at the ...
Topics: Federal Policy How many times have you gone to the store, bought an individually-packaged food item or beverage, eaten it — and then only afterthe fact noticed that the serving size was ...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages A group of education publishers recently developed voluntary guidelines to inspire the broader publishing community to include more nutrition, physical activity,...