U.S. elementary schools see improvement in nutrition of school lunches
The percentage of U.S. elementary schools regularly offering healthy foods as part of school lunches increased significantly from the 2006-2007 to the 2013-2014 school year and the number of less…
March 17, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, elementary-schools, foods-as-part, from-the-2006, healthy-foods, number, nutrition, regularly-offering, school-lunches, school-year, the-2013-2014
Emergency epinephrine used 38 times in Chicago public schools
The Chicago Public School (CPS) system used emergency epinephrine in 38 cases during the 2012-2013 school year and more than half of these cases were for first-time events.
October 24, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: allergy, cases-during, chicago, chicago-public, during-the-2012, emergency-epinephrine, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, school, school-year, system-used, the-2012-2013, these-cases
Parents approve of nutrition report cards
Parents receiving academic report cards throughout the school year is commonplace, but a new Cornell University study shows that for healthier nutrition, parents should opt to receive a nutrition report card, too.”This pilot study underscores that a nutrition report card is feasible and efficient…
December 18, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cornell, cornell-university, healthier-nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutrition-report, oncalldiets, parents-should, pilot, pilot-study, receiving-academic, school, school-year, study-shows, throughout-the-school
