Download Resource Ready to take action to support healthy food choices at your school? We’ve put together three simple steps you can take this Summer and five more steps to consider for the Fall. Clic...
Topics: Obesity Is screen time our only time? It seems like we are growing more and more attached to our many devices. We scroll up them and down them during conversations, watch them during free time...
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Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages Last week, on a rainy Friday afternoon, I made a trip to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. As I wandered in to the room of Impressionists, I found ...
Join Bag the Junk and School Bites in pledging to keep candy out of the classroom this Valentine’s Day. We can make a difference in local schools by taking action to Bag the Junk and encourage h...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages, State/Local Policy The lessons I have learned from my training as a military pilot may help other parents navigate the route to raising healthy children in toda...
Topics: Fundraisers/School Revenue In just one week the period for commenting on the USDA’s proposed rule on nutrition standards for snack foods and beverages sold in schools (i.e. competitive foods) ...
Nutritition Standards for All Foods Sold in Schools Download Resource Bag the Junk: What’s on the menu at your school? Since the USDA Smart Snacks standards went into effect on July 1, 2014, fru...
Topics: Obesity, Healthy Snacks & Beverages Thirty-three percent of kids and 41% of teenagers eat high-calorie, high-fat fast food every single day, according to research by the Yale Rudd Center f...