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The New and Improved School Lunch

By: Jodie Shield | 0 Comments | Updated: August 27, 2012 | Category: Adults, Kids, Teens | Tags : breakfast, calories, child health, childhood obesity, children, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, healthy, healthy eating, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, healthy lunches, healthy meals, kids, kids weight, National School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program, new school menus, obesity, overweight, school lunch, vegetables, whole grains

How to Avoid a Food Fight! By: Jodie Shield, RD Have you checked out the school cafeteria? They’re here – new and improved school lunches. This year the first phase of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act kicks in for public elementary, middle, and high schools. The law requires the USDA to update ... more

Know Your Child’s BMI

By: Jodie Shield | 0 Comments | Updated: January 6, 2012 | Category: Adults, Babies, Kids, Teens | Tags : BMI, body mass index, childhood obesity, healthy weight, kids weight, measure weight, overweight, pediatrician

By: Jodie Shield, RD and Mary Mullen RD From Kids Eat Right http://www.eatright.org/kids/article.aspx?id=6442467451 Want to know how your child’s weight measures up? It’s tricky to tell whether a child or teen is overweight. Since kids are still growing, they need to gain weight and they are supposed to outgrow their ... more

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