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School Meal Implementation: A Simple Apple, Oranges Comparison

August 14, 2014 Brooke Hardison, USDA Office of Communications

The following guest blog is part of our Cafeteria Stories series, highlighting the efforts of hard working school nutrition professionals who are dedicated to making the healthy choice the easy choice at schools across the country. We thank them for sharing their stories! by Paula Buser, Director...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

School Nutrition Standards Underpin Healthy Eating Habits

August 07, 2014 Dr. Janey Thornton, Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

In this week’s guest post, Dr. Stephen Cook describes the childhood overweight and obesity epidemic based on first-hand experience with patients in his clinical practice. He also discusses the important role that school nutrition plays in both short- and long-term health outcomes among our nation’s...

Food and Nutrition

The Power of Partnerships

July 16, 2014 Dr. Janey Thornton, Deputy Under Secretary of USDA Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

In today’s post, Amy Myrdal Miller describes an array of activities being implemented by the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), as part of their broad commitment to child nutrition. I have had the opportunity to participate in some of the CIA’s school nutrition events over the past few years and...

Food and Nutrition

Education Support Professionals - Partners in School Nutrition

July 02, 2014 Dr. Janey Thornton, Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

The USDA school meals programs serve well over 30 million students per day, nationwide. We rely on our partners in the education realm to help us ensure that these programs—not only programs of great magnitude, but also of great public health importance—are implemented appropriately so that children...

Food and Nutrition
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