What are Competitive Foods? Download Resource Bag the Junk: How do they impact student health? Competitive foods are snack foods and beverages served and sold in schools, in vending machines, à la car...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages Eating healthy is key to fighting obesity, but millions of Americans don’t have access to fresh, nutritious food and drinks because they live in “food deserts,” ...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages At the core of protecting kids from childhood obesity is teaching them to consume healthy foods and beverages. But another layer to the battle of what to eat is ...
Download Resource Use this complete summary of snack and beverage rules to implement USDA Smart Snacks, which is required as of July 1, 2014. Guidelines contain maximums for calories, fat, sugar and s...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages Serving Up MyPlate is a collection of elementary school materials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food & Nutrition Service. The curriculum he...
Topics: School Breakfast & Lunch, State/Local Policy, Healthy Snacks & Beverages Celebrate National Food Day with an Apple for both Teachers and Students! By: Malkia “Kia” McLeod T...
A new study from fellow Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grantee Bridging the Gap, finds that state laws that create strong nutrition standards for snack foods and drinks sold in schools may reduce adol...
Topics: Physical Activity This post is cross-posted from the NEA Today blog. Summer is officially here, and most schools across the nation have marked the end of another academic year. For many kids, ...
Topics: Fundraisers/School Revenue, Vending, School Stores, Obesity, Healthy Snacks & Beverages, Cafeteria a la Carte Lines The Smart Snacks Roundup Posted By: Malkia “Kia” McLeod Wh...
Topics: Obesity, Physical Activity, Healthy Snacks & Beverages From wristbands that track physical activity to Twitter chats on food issues, technological advances are creating new tools to help k...