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As Kids Head Back to School, National Advocacy Group Issues Report … - MarketWatch- Childhood Obesity News

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Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the USDA say the nutritional content of school meals has improved since the mid-1990s, but the key — according to the report — is making healthy offerings more youth-appealing. In Toms River, NJ, Pete Brattan, Director of the district’s school food service program, says the small increase in cost for the new milk is made up by the increase in volume. Outside the Metro area, other processors including Upstate Farms of Buffalo and Galliker’s Dairy of Johnson, PA, produce the new milk as well and distribute it to schools in Buffalo, Canandaigua, Jamestown, Ballston Spa, Clarence, Corning, Grand Island and Milton, PA. According to Thompson, a “grab and go” breakfast whereas healthy breakfast items are placed on carts positioned at the front door like the ones in Union City, NJ and Rochester, NY also increase the number of kids that have access to healthy morning meals. More than 10,000 volunteer educators, health professionals, school administrators, parents, and others take action at the national, state, school district, and school building levels through Action for Healthy Kids Teams in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Read Childhood Obesity

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