Posts tagged education
Ultimately this issue is on us. We’re the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat.
Parents have a right to expect that their efforts at home won’t be undone each day in the school cafeteria or in the vending machine in the hallway. Parents have a right to expect that their kids will be served fresh, healthy food that meets high nutritional standards.
American Medical Association: Require Obesity Education For Kids
The nation’s largest physicians group supports legislation that would require classes in causes, consequences and prevention of obesity for 1st through 12th graders. Excess weight is strongly linked with diabetes, heart disease and some cancers, and weight loss of just 5 percent can help improve health.
Diabetes Wake-Up Call Inspires Backyard Garden
Inspirational story, but it is unfortunate that some people wait until they are diagnosed with a disease to change their lifestyle. We need to do a better job of teaching kids about good eating habits and the importance of exercise, as well as educating them to the dangers of junk food marketing.
Town Lifts Ban On 9 Year Old Girl's School Lunch Blog
Martha Payne’s images of uninspiring school meals drew international attention. The blog, set up about six weeks ago as a writing project and to help raise money for a school-meals charity, has drawn more than 2 million hits.
NY Times: Test Your Vegan I.Q.
Take the Well Quiz to test your knowledge of all things vegan.
A Pickup Truck Grows an Educational Mini-Farm: Truck Farm Chicago is a nonprofit organization that uses a 1994 Ford F-250 named Petunia to chauffeur a miniature farm.
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yuck.. i’m glad i’ve been a vegetarian for almost 8 years of my life, that’s about half my life, and i’m only 17. someday i’ll be a vegan..
