Tag: nutrition
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As schools resume and prepare to follow new lunch rules, federal fruit and vegetable snack program is up for debate
Bloomberg photo by Ian Waldie With students and teachers returning, school food-service directors are working to implement the new federal school lunch regulations that take effect this year. This would...
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You can do this, too: Lexington church’s fresh food program reaches out to lower income neighbors with deep discount
Rick Courtney loads tomatoes into a crate bound for Fresh Stop (Herald-Leader photo by Charles Bertram) Fresh produce comes to the church-goers of Fresh Presbyterian Church of Lexington every Sunday...
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National Breastfeeding Week, Aug. 1-7, focuses attention on need for supportive families, friends and employers
World Breastfeeding Week is Aug. 1-7, so the state Department for Public Health is pointing out the importance of providing support for breastfeeding families. “We encourage mothers to breastfeed to...
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Kentucky students will get extra education in nutrition, exercise
Kentucky children will get extra nutrition education at school starting Oct. 1, thanks to a $6 million federal grant intended to instill better eating and physical-activity habits in families eligible...
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Being sedentary is just as deadly as smoking, series finds
Getty Images photo by George Doyle Physical inactivity is such a problem worldwide it has become as deadly as smoking, a series of studies has found. Lack of exercise causes...
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After losing weight, get the same number of calories from fat and carbs to maintain weight loss, study suggests
Subjects on a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet did not doas well when it came to keeping weight off, a studyhas found. (Photo by Tetra Images) All calories may not be equal...
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Schools have big role to play in battling childhood obesity
Schools can make a powerful impact on battling the childhood obesity epidemic, but only when health and nutrition are seen as a way to improve student learning rather than take...
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New resource guide and school curriculum aimed at expanding farm-to-school programs in Kentucky
A resource guide and school curriculum are the latest efforts to expand farm-to-school programs in Kentucky. With fewer than 30 percent of Kentuckians consuming the recommended amounts of fruits and...
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143 groups in state working to improve health, directory lists
A directory that lists all the local groups working on health-related issues in the state has been released by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. It identifies 143 groups —...
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To help curb childhood obesity, Disney will ban ads for products that don’t fit federal nutrition guidelines for kids
The Mickey Check logo will beplaced on Disney-licensed productsthat meet nutrition guidelines. By 2015, the Walt Disney Co. will require advertising that targets kids and families to be in line with...