Overweight & Obesity
Lockdowns can widen kids' waistlines—here's how to curb that
(HealthDay)—Stuck at home, bored. Fiddling with their phone or playing video games. Munching on snack foods to while away the time.
Oct 27, 2020
0
3
Page 10 - News tagged with school food
Pediatrics
Low income kids eat more fruits and vegetables when they are in school
The fruits and vegetables provided at school deliver an important dietary boost to low income adolescents, according to Meghan Longacre, PhD and Madeline Dalton, PhD of Dartmouth Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center and ...
Dec 11, 2014
0
0
Pediatrics
Serving healthy foods with a smile may entice students to eat better
Labeling healthy foods with smiley faces and offering small prizes for buying nutritious items may be a low-cost way to get students to make healthy choices in the school lunch line, according to a study to be presented Sunday, ...
Apr 26, 2015
0
23
Pediatrics
Pandemic federal programs helped kids in need get access to 1.5 billion meals every month
When schools closed during the first year of the pandemic, an immediate and potentially devastating problem surfaced: How would millions of children in struggling families get the school meals many of them depended on?
Sep 9, 2022
0
2
Health
Schools serving healthier meals for students
Several grade school students set down their forks to eat their green salad, picking up individual lettuce leaves with their fingers and pushing them into their mouths. Not that I was there to judge for style; it was just ...
Sep 10, 2015
0
56
Health
Ecuador's school food is bad for kids—and the environment
Each year, malnutrition costs Ecuador the equivalent of 4.3% of its gross domestic product, as the resulting health burden and reduced potential productivity places an economic toll on society. That was the unsettling conclusion ...
Sep 7, 2017
0
0
Health
New rules aim to get rid of junk foods in schools
Almost all candy, high-calorie drinks and greasy meals could soon be on a food blacklist in the nation's schools.
Feb 2, 2013
0
0
Health
Junk food diet may predict future depression symptoms in teens
An innovative study finds that sodium and potassium levels—reflections of a person's typical diet—may be predictors of future depression in teens. The first-of-its-kind study is published in Physiological Reports.
Sep 19, 2019
1
1
Health
Sugar-sweetened drinks are not replacing milk in kid's diets
National data indicate that milk consumption has declined among children while consumption of sweetened beverages of low nutritional quality has more than doubled. Although this suggests that sugar-sweetened beverages may ...
Jul 18, 2012
0
0
Pediatrics
Parents have concerns over food allergy precautions at schools
(HealthDay)—A substantial portion of parents whose children have food allergies have concerns over the safety of their child at school, according to a study published online May 12 in BMC Pediatrics.
May 30, 2018
0
3
