Good nutrition has always been a focus of Head Start, but many of the children don't have access to fresh, local foods at home. Discussing this fact a couple of years ago, Dr. [...]

While the new nutritional guidelines imposed by the USDA this fall require a wider selection of fruits and vegetables in school meals, the same cannot be said of snacks sold in sch[...]

Norwegian children attending schools where free fruit was on offer ate less junk food and drank less soda than before the fruit was available, according to a new study that also fo[...]

Resistance to, if not outright rebellion against, implementation of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act in the nation's schools is fast becoming notorious.[...]

A new report shows that high school students there consume fewer calories and less fat and sugar at school than students in other states.[...]

New York City has balked at expanding its healthy breakfast program in public schools due to a strange concern; that in children who have breakfast twice, obesity may occur. [...]

    Back in 2007, the Institute of Medicine recommended specifically that each school district limit their students' opportunities to choose foods that are not nutrit[...]