More veggies for kids and communities

Updated 4 months ago

Source: http://www.foodpolitics.com/

For kids:

The Institute of Medicine has a new report out on setting standards for school meals.  As easily seen in the report summary, the committee offered three main recommendations:

* Increasing the amount and variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains

* Setting a minimum and maximum level of calories

* Focusing more on reducing saturated fat and sodium

Its report comes with a handy table summarizing the differences between current breakfast standards ...

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michaeltmartin 4 months, 1 week ago on Wordpress

The lack of availability of fruits and vegetables in low-income areas is a problem nationwide. I think one of the ways to address this problem is by supporting community gardens and urban agriculture. Encouraging people to grow their own food and having non-profits and government grants help the process along can alleviate some of the problems that the ‘food desert’ issue brings up.

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ET Addison 4 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress

I’m no fan of Cocoa Krispies and all the other companies who make bogus claims for their products.

But I wonder, how come you don’t question the ‘health claims’ of CSPI, and government agencies and local organizations who are promising all sorts of wonderful ‘benefits’ from their programs?

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Anton Crocek 4 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress

I find it curious that you rail against unsubstantiated and highly exaggerated ‘claims’ of cereal makers (as in the post above), yet blithely accept, without evidence, that increasing fruitsandvegetables and eliminatingsaturatedfat and reducingsodium has ANY effect whatsover on the health of school children.

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KenBurgin 4 months, 2 weeks ago on Twitter

Always plenty of inspiration at Marion Nestle's Food Politics blog http://cli.gs/m1h0q or see @marionnestle

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marionnestle 4 months, 2 weeks ago on Twitter

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