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The Skinny on School Nutrition
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 Ketchup as a vegetable? Fluff as a suitable spread? Soda and sugary snacks in school vending machines? Due to a recent rise in childhood obesity, schools have buckled down on getting rid of "junk food" and bringing in more healthy offerings into the cafeteria. We'll look at how much this is making a difference and steps parents, school officials and nutritionists are taking to nourish the bodies of kids who are nourishing their minds with a good education. Richard's guests are Elaine Van Dyke, administrator for the New Hampshire Bureau of Nutrition, and Nancy Stiles, state representative from Hampton and a food director for 30 years. We'll also hear from Susan Neely, President and CEO of the American Beverage Association, and Sandi Van Scoyoc, president of HNHfoundation.
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The question hasn't been so much, "what is proper nutrition?" but "how can we afford to put the nutrition we know in schools." The vending, and the government commodity disposal, and the other ways food is provided aren't there because we think they are best but because they are the cheapest. Public education is only ever a refllection of the committment society has to its children. I recently saw a California school system involving the kids themselves in making their lunches with locally available produce. ???
Ben Carling
well stated indeed... I recommend "Diet For A New America" as a must read book.
I was astounded at the self satisfied praise of the New Hampshire school lunch program. I was unable to call in due to work constraints, but was elated to finally hear the last caller bring up that at the beginning of the show it was mentioned that New Hampshire received a failing grade by the feds for their school lunch. "what was wrong?" the caller asked, "all I heard throughout the hour has been positive". He was summarily dismissed due to time constraints to allow for more self gratificzation by the guests. In Somersworth, where I have two kids in school, McDonald's is a large part of the school lunch program, delivering their crap to the kids at school. I wish their had been more hard information presented.
I was very dissapointed.