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- Schools offer free second helpings to curb hunger
A Massachusetts school district is offering elementary-school students -- who say they are still hungry after eating lunch -- free second helpings. Students must have eaten their entire first servings, including their vegetables, to receive seconds. Officials say they have not expanded the policy to the district's high schools because of issues with enforcement and that students can eat an unlimited amount from the salad bar. Wicked Local/Brookline, Mass.
(10/24)     
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- Conn. district recruits students to help craft menu
 High-school students in a Connecticut school district were asked recently to taste-test new menu items to help school nutrition professionals determine what to serve next year. Students tasted samples of omelets, beef strips, hamburgers, cheese pizza dippers and more. The students said that, among other things, they were looking for school meals that were filling and gave them energy. Record-Journal (Meriden, Conn.)
(10/23)
- Students are beginning to eat their veggies at Ohio school
School nutrition professionals in Ohio districts are implementing new federal standards for school meals, in part by serving more fruits and vegetables and switching to whole grains. Gail McClary said her district has added spinach to the salad mix; another district is serving black beans, refried beans and northern beans to meet a requirement for legumes. "The students are slowly starting to eat the vegetables," said Brent Kasler, East Knox foodservice manager. Mount Vernon (Ohio) News
(10/25)
- Opinion: Why school breakfasts are essential
 Efforts to improve academic achievement at 14 disadvantaged schools in San Francisco should be coupled with efforts to provide students with nutritious breakfasts in schools, school-food advocate Dana Woldow asserts. In this opinion piece, she writes about the importance of starting the day with a healthy breakfast and advocates for the expansion of a universal, free school Breakfast in the Classroom program. BeyondChron.org (San Francisco)
(10/23)
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- Watch out for these foods with "healthy" claims, dietian says
Banning trans fats from foods is an example of a healthy idea that can backfire, registered dietitian Joan Salge Blake writes. Many consumers mistakenly believe reformulated foods that are free of trans fats are healthier, she writes, but a doughnut is still a doughnut. She writes that similar misconceptions exist for Greek yogurt and granola, which can be high in calories.  The Boston Globe/Nutrition and You! blog (tiered subscription model)
(10/24)
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- Healthy and local food trends will top the charts in 2013
Consumers want to eat healthier and they want their food choices to have a smaller footprint, a trend likely to drive other trends, including a greater demand for locally grown produce, a rise in canning and a clamor for more veggies, according to a 2013 food trends report from Culinary Visions. USA Today
(10/22)
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- Ore. district to base interventions in part on meal data
An Oregon school district will release the names of students who receive free and reduced-price meals to select administrators. Officials said the release of such data is intended to help disadvantaged students graduate. Research shows that economic status is a factor in students' achievement, and officials said they hope to identify students early on who may have trouble in school. The Oregonian (Portland)
(10/25)
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