Study shows effectiveness of the school fruit scheme in North Rhine-Westphalia
How can you convince elementary school students to consume more fruit and vegetables? Scientists have found that school fruit schemes can actually help to achieve this goal. If children receive fruit and vegetables free of charge in their schools several times a week, they consume considerably more of this food group, which is often less popular with children, even on days without school fruit distribution.
January 29, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: consume-more, diet, even-on-days, food, fruit-schemes, goal, often-less, on call diets, school-fruit, school-students, schools, several-times, their-schools, vegetables-free
Healthy Living Habits In Alberta’s Schools Supported By $20 Million Gift
Improved nutritional habits, increased physical activity levels and a reduction in obesity levels among children from APPLE Schools persuaded University of Alberta alumnus to give again The University of Alberta is expanding a program aimed at reversing poor health trends among Alberta children, thanks to a $20 million gift from a U of A alumnus…
May 13, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: activity-levels, aimed-at-reversing, alberta, among-children, apple, diet, health-trends, reversing-poor, schools, university
American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown Says CDC Report On Children’s Food Environment Underscores Need For Strong Public Policies
Our nation’s youth face major roadblocks to good health with easy access to calorie-laden snacks, sugary beverages and other unhealthy foods in their schools and communities.
April 27, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, good-health, major-roadblocks, oncalldietitian.com, schools, sugary-beverages, their-schools, unhealthy, unhealthy-foods, youth-face
United Fresh Produce Association Foundation Helps Launch Let’s Move Salad Bars To Schools Initiative
The United Fresh Produce Association Foundation joined First Lady Michelle Obama at the Riverside Elementary School in Miami, Florida as a new coalition of public and private sector partners launched the Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools initiative…
November 25, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: florida, miami, michelle-obama, new-coalition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, produce, produce-association, riverside, salad, salad-bars, school, schools, united
Unhealthy High Calorie Drinks Still Widely Available In US Public Elementary Schools
Despite campaigns to reduce overweight and obesity in American schools, the availability of sugar-laden or full fat drinks in US public elementary schools is still far too high, researchers report in the peer reviewed journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. The study is called “Wide Availability of High-Calorie Beverages in U.S. Elementary Schools”…
November 2, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adolescent, availability, calorie-beverages, full-fat, laden-or-full, on call diets, schools, the-availability, too-high
Dietetics Professor Partners With Lincoln Parish To Study School Food Nutrition
Dr. Mary Murimi, professor of nutrition and dietetics at Louisiana Tech University, has partnered with Lincoln Parish Schools (LPS) to improve the nutritional value of food offered to students throughout the parish school system…
October 8, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dietetics-at-louisiana, improve-the-nutritional, louisiana, louisiana-tech, lps, on call diets, schools, the-parish
