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- Digital lunch accounts provide more oversight for parents
In an Ohio school district, students maintain the same account for their meal purchases in elementary through high school. Students are issued point-of-sale cards, which are scanned -- deducting funds to pay for school meals from a digital account. For younger students, the cards are kept with teachers to cut down on loss. School nutrition professionals say the digital accounts allow parents to have greater control over students' purchases. The News-Herald (Lake County-Willoughby, Ohio)
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- Taste of Washington connects students with local produce
The Washington School Nutrition Association recently helped to organize A Taste of Washington, an event in which locally grown produce was featured in school meals. At one elementary school, students were served local tomatoes and cucumbers, as well as baked cinnamon apple harvest bread made from apples grown in the state. Other options on the menu included pluots -- a plum-apricot hybrid -- broccoli, cauliflower, celery and salad greens. Lake Stevens Journal (Wash.)
(10/2)
- Detroit students create garden for nutrition education
Students at the Detroit Lions Academy built planter beds for a spring garden that will become part of a nutrition curriculum that focuses on healthy behaviors. The project is part of the NFL team's Living for the City program, and Lions players and their families participated in readying the garden. Detroit Free Press
(9/30)
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- National Walk to School Day promotes healthy habits
To celebrate National Walk to School Day today, several schools in Alabama have organized group walks that include students, teachers, parents and others. At one elementary school, students who take the bus to school will be able to participate by walking laps around the area. National Walk to School Day is intended to encourage students to remain active and adopt healthy habits. AL.com (Alabama)
(10/2)
- NFL player encourages elementary-school students to stay active
Baltimore Ravens football player Torrey Smith visited a Maryland elementary school this week to promote the NFL Play 60 challenge, which encourages students to get 60 minutes of physical activity daily. During the visit, he led students in a relay race and spoke about the importance of staying active and eating nutritious food. The Baltimore Sun
(10/2)
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- More than 15 million Americans are severely obese, data show
About 6.6%, or 15.5 million, U.S. adults were severely obese in 2010, compared with 3.9% in 2000, according to RAND Corp. data published in the International Journal of Obesity. Data showed the rate of severe obesity -- which is a BMI of 40 or higher or roughly being 100 pounds or more over a healthy weight -- was 50% higher in women than in men and twice as high for blacks as for Hispanics and whites. USA TODAY
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- School meal standards get positive response from students
School nutrition professionals in a Maine district say they are working to comply with new federal meal standards by serving more produce and whole grains and cutting back on protein and calories. So far, the meals have been a hit with students, who have not complained about the changes or the smaller portions. Cheryl Ellis, food service director, says she keeps a salad bar available to students throughout each lunch period, so they have healthy options available if they are still hungry. Kennebec Journal (Maine)
(10/1)
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Costs are rising all along the foodservice supply chain and with the release of the new meal pattern guidelines, it is more important than ever to look for ways to reduce costs and create efficiencies in the procurement process. SNA's new Procurement Toolkit was designed to assist directors and others involved in the procurement process to plan, analyze and monitor changes in procurement policies and procedures with an eye toward reducing costs. Learn more.
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