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• "Free" Lunches Cost School 200 Grand

  A Georgia school started tallying the figures for the lunches handed out to kids who showed up without this month, and the numbers were astonishing.  The school is looking to recoup almost $200,000 as it sends bills off to parents, asking them to pony up for their kids food intake.  Shocked? You should be - these aren't kids whose parents fall within the federal guidelines for the free or reduced lunch program.   Read More... Posted Jan 30 2009, 04:32 PM by JeanneSager with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: food, education, school, eating, money, schools, georgia, economy, school lunch, Jeanne Sager, economic downturn, free and reduced lunch, federal lunch program

• They Say: Parents Pack Bad Lunches

  My daughter gets the kind of lunch kids dream about. Sandwich. Fruit. Snacks. Milk or juice. But is that good enough? A new study says parents aren't packing nutrition in their kids' lunch pails. We're packing what we know our kids will eat. Can you blame us? Read More... Posted Jan 20 2009, 10:33 AM by JeanneSager with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: food, picky eaters, nutrition, eating, vegetables, fruits, lunch, lunchtime, school lunch, Jeanne Sager, they say, veggies, healthy food, choices, healhty choices

• The Breakfast Club: In NYC Schools, It's a Hit

  New York has offered free breakfast to public school students, regardless of need, since 2003. But the program, which served hot meals in school cafeterias, wasn't used by anywhere close to the number of students who qualified for free or reduced lunches. It seemed that kids felt embarrassed to show up early and eat in the cafeteria, singled out. School officials needed to figure out how to reach poor kids, or even not-so-poor kids who skimp on breakfast, which nutritionists and pediatricians call (all together now) "the most important meal of the day." Read More... Posted Nov 20 2008, 09:30 AM by Kate Tuttle with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: new york city, nutrition, public schools, school meals, Hunger, school lunch, free breakfast, free and reduced lunch

• News from the Duh Department

  Don't get me wrong. I love a bag of Cheetos as much as the next blogger. I come not to bury junk food but to set limits on it. Now I have more actual science to back me up.        Read More... Posted Apr 17 2008, 11:30 AM by Adrienne Martini with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: kids, Philadelphia, obesity, science, snacks, school lunch