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school lunch stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - Damon Weaver, not yet out of elementary school, made his name on the Internet when he interviewed Joe Biden during the 2008 campaign for his school's TV station. Yesterday, the grizzled journalistic veteran bagged his biggest sit-down yet following 8 months of requests—a 10-minute grilling of Barack Obama at... More »

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education • Barack Obama • White House • student • elementary school • school lunch • interview • President Obama • Damon Weaver

(Newser) - A doctors' group wants to know why all schoolkids can't have what the Obama girls are having in their swank private school lunches, reports the Washington Post, and the White House wants the group to mind its own Ps and Qs. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine posted posters in... More »

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advertising • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine • school lunch • first families • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Neal Barnard

 Record 20M US Kids 
 Get Free Lunch 

Many are first-timers to state program

Jun 11, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s good there is such a thing as a free lunch, since more US students than ever need one. Nearly 20 million kids got a free or reduced-price school lunch in February, overwhelming districts that also face rising food costs. Nationwide enrollment in the government-subsidized program was up 6.... More »

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school • recession • school lunch • public schools • federal school lunch program

Peanuts Known Tainted Supplied to School Program

Agency meant to ensure food safety bought contaminated nuts

Feb 6, 09 6:54 AM CST
(Newser) - The peanut firm behind the recent salmonella outbreak sold 32 truckloads of peanuts and peanut butter to a federal lunch program for poor children even after internal tests revealed that they were contaminated with the bacteria, the Washington Post reports. Schools in California, Minnesota, and Idaho received the food in... More »

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food contamination • children • salmonella • school lunch • peanut • Peanut Corporation of America

Feds May Use Food Stamps
to Improve Nutrition

Food stamp and school lunch programs could be revamped to encourage nutrition

Dec 24, 08 1:57 PM CST
(Newser) - The Obama White House may move to revamp food aid so it encourages healthy eating, reports the Washington Post. One idea gaining favor: Double the value of food stamps if they're used to buy fruits and vegetables. While anti-hunger advocates have long objected to such government meddling, opposition is softening... More »

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nutrition • Tom Vilsack • school lunch • Tom Harkin • Department of Agriculture • food stamps • President Obama

More Schools
Ban Cupcakes

Holiday parties to substitute fruit, other 'healthy' treats to replace banned sweets

Dec 17, 07 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Holiday parties in classrooms around Chicago won't be covered with red and green sprinkles this year, the Chicago Tribune reports. More and more schools are banning cupcakes in favor of "healthy" things like fruit skewers fashioned into reindeer antlers. It's part of a national trend to make special-occasion snacks... More »

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banned foods • obesity • Chicago • obesity epidemic • Illinois • classroom • school lunch • snack foods • cupcakes

Kids Will
Eat Healthier School Lunches

Study of Minn. schools shows they don't have to cost more, either

Nov 26, 07 8:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Low-fat turkey hot dogs, fruits, and veggies aren't the lunchtime turn-off many assume, a study of Minnesota school districts finds. Sure, students prefer fattier lunches, but demand doesn't drop and cost doesn't rise when they're dished up healthier meals. Although labor expenses typically increase, the savings from abandoning processed foods... More »

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childhood obesity • obesity epidemic • healthy eating • school lunch

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