Backpack programs that give students easily prepared foods, like boxed macaroni and cheese and canned beans, can make a difference.
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The good news is that the bacteria that cause food to spoil are quite different to the bacteria that typically cause food poisoning, and generally don't make you sick.
As Canadian kids head back to school this week, many will be hungry. Lacking fruits, vegetables and other nutritious foods, they will suffer mood problems, disease and low academic performance.
Students with unpaid meal debts have been experiencing some shaming policies at school. New rules are aimed at protecting these children, but the real solution may lie in free meals for all.
Ravenous students, busy parents, nutrition professionals and school officials all have their own ideas about what belongs on the school lunch table. Plenty of criticism centers on the unhealthiness of…
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Assistant Professor, Education Studies, College of Education, University of Oregon
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Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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PhD Candidate in Behavioral & Community Nutrition, Virginia Tech
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Professor of Health Promotion; Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University
