School Lunches and Our Kids' Ability to Learn
Health, wellness, and nutrition in school. Resources explain is required, and what some schools are doing to improve our students' health.
Back to School Nutrition
Kids need to eat healthy foods to do well in school. Eating junk food and skipping breakfast will have a negative affect on a child's behavior and ability to learn. Help your child make healthy dietary choices.
Kids need to eat healthy foods to do well in school. Eating junk food and skipping breakfast will have a negative affect on a child's behavior and ability to learn. Help your child make healthy dietary choices.
Back-to-School Lunch Recipes
If you send a lunch with your child, you control the nutrition, instead of the school. Here are some great ideas from Peggy Trowbridge, the Home Cooking Guide.
If you send a lunch with your child, you control the nutrition, instead of the school. Here are some great ideas from Peggy Trowbridge, the Home Cooking Guide.
Healthy Lunchbox Suggestions
Many parents choose to send school lunches with their kids. Here are some tips on packing a healthy school lunch.
Many parents choose to send school lunches with their kids. Here are some tips on packing a healthy school lunch.
Healthy Sack Lunch Tips
Many parents opt for sending their children to school with lunches from home to ensure they have a healthy mid-day meal. Here are some tips for healthy and tasty sack lunches.
Many parents opt for sending their children to school with lunches from home to ensure they have a healthy mid-day meal. Here are some tips for healthy and tasty sack lunches.
Improving School Foods
Advice for parents and schools to improve the lunches, snacks and beverages that are served to students.
Advice for parents and schools to improve the lunches, snacks and beverages that are served to students.
Making School Lunches Fun
Sending packed lunches with your kids is a great way to monitor their nutrition. Here are some tips to make school lunches fun.
Sending packed lunches with your kids is a great way to monitor their nutrition. Here are some tips to make school lunches fun.
Roadmap to Healthy Foods in Schools
The Nutrition Resource Foundation provides this excellent source of materials for people who are interested in making positive changes in their schools' lunch and snack foods.
The Nutrition Resource Foundation provides this excellent source of materials for people who are interested in making positive changes in their schools' lunch and snack foods.
What Moms and Kids Think of School Lunch
Information regarding a study done by Lunchables® about moms' and kids' thoughts about school lunch.
Information regarding a study done by Lunchables® about moms' and kids' thoughts about school lunch.
A Different Kind of School Lunch
A high school in Appleton, Wisconsin made dramatic changes in their school lunches. The changes improved the health and the academic performance of the students.
A high school in Appleton, Wisconsin made dramatic changes in their school lunches. The changes improved the health and the academic performance of the students.
National School Lunch Program
The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to more than 26,000,000 children each school day.
The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to more than 26,000,000 children each school day.
Texas Department of Agriculture - Square Meals
The Texas Department of Agriculture offers information on nutrition for children, including Texas Public School Meal Programs.
The Texas Department of Agriculture offers information on nutrition for children, including Texas Public School Meal Programs.