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"Food served in school cafeterias is cheap and, best of all, requires no preparation time. Since you won't be there to supervise your children's menu selection on the days when you don't have time to pack their lunches, you need to make sure that they understand the far-ranging impact of their dietary decisions early in life. When your child is still very young, initiate an ongoing dialogue about food—I promise you these conversations will come in handy when your kids reach adolescence." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Food away from home includes foods obtained at restaurants, fast-food places, school cafeterias, and vending machines. A number of factors account for the increasing trend in eating out, including a growing number of working women (75% of women 25-50 years old are in the workforce), more two-earner households, higher incomes, a desire for convenience foods because of busy lifestyles and little time for preparing meals, more fast-food outlets offering affordable food, smaller families, and increased advertising and promotion by large food-service chains and fast-food outlets [191]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Nationwide: From Farm Fields to School Cafeterias Some 500,000 children in 400 school districts in more than 23 states are eagerly eating a variety of vegetables and fruits served in school cafeterias, courtesy of the popular, innovative National Farm to School Program (www.FarmToSchool.org)." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"I still remember the lousy food served by the elderly women wearing hairnets in those crowded, noisy school cafeterias. Lunch was jammed into the shortest time possible to get kids back into the classrooms. I guess our educators never learned or forgot that proper nutrition also creates the optimal environment for learning. The only class that I can recall that was even remotely related to nutrition and proper food intake was Home Economics where I learned how to bake cookies filled with fat and sugar. The position of Dr." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"At least, according to the news media, they have been improving the menus in some school cafeterias, as well as increasing the exercise programs in the schools. They have also been giving parents suggestions regarding things they can do to encourage their children to eat healthier, and exercise more. Yet, no consideration is ever given to one of the greatest contributors to obesity, (the drugs they are unnecessarily being placed on)." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.) "Something else to consider is, the majority of foods now served in school cafeterias contain mostly hydrogenated Omega-6 fats, which block the absorption of the beneficial Omega-3 essential fatty acids. Anything that can potentially damage brain development (and function) in children should not be part of their diet. That, along with the excessive consumption of sugar and starches, are major contributors to behavioral disorders, and less than optimal brain development. S Zinc Deficiency." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.) "Our children have been eating junk food for decades, and a lot of unhealthy and totally inappropriate foods are still being served in the school cafeterias, (which obviously should stop). Although this is definitely an area that must be addressed in the future, as strange as it might seem, it's not actually the primary concern. And we can't forget that millions of adults have been, and are continuing to be, placed on these very same potentially dangerous antidepressants. And more often than not, they are left on them for years, (and even decades), as doctors seldom recommend their withdrawal." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"At the February 2006 meeting, junk food peddlers learned countless tricks of the trade at workshops such as "Character Development to Create an Emotional Connection" and "Utilizing Branding to Create Increased Value Perception among Kids in school cafeterias." How is a parent supposed to compete with all of that psychological marketing savvy? Messages that reinforce the druglike effects of eating junk food are another favorite marketing technique." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "National Farm to School Program A project of the Center for Food and Justice at Occidental College (California); more than four hundred farm-to-school programs in twenty-two states connect local farms with school cafeterias; a similar program is called farm-to-college, www. farmtoschool. org www.farmtocollege .org Parents Against Junk Food Started by the editor of PBS's America's Test Kitchen, this nonprofit is devoted to the elimination of junk food from public schools. www.parentsagainstjunkfood." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.)

"Shockingly, fast-food chains have moved in to our school cafeterias. According to a 2000 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 percent of schools sell branded fast foods from companies such as Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and Subway. Fortunately, parents and state governments have srarted to push back. More on that later. Unfortunately, the results of a sedentary lifestyle coupled with overcon-sumption as determined in a study by Children's Hospital Boston reveal: • Two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight; a full-one third are obese." - David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.)

"Fast-food restaurants form clusters around schools, and, unfortunately, school cafeterias and vending machines aren't much better, nutritionally. In perhaps the greatest irony of all, fast-food restaurants are common in children's hospitals and other medical centers with extensive pediatric programs. In a survey of two hundred such hospitals, fifty-nine had fast-food restaurants, such as McDonald's, located on site. Global Problems Americans now have the dubious honor of being the fattest people in the world; however, the citizens of most other countries are quickly catching up." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"Where It Matters Most: Schools and Hospitals mmmm Farm-to-school: In most school cafeterias, if the fruits and vegetables don't come from cans, they come from the freezer. Whole grains are as hard to find as a second helping of tater tots. Juice comes from concentrate, and sugary sodas are widely available. What does this mean for our kids? Poor nutrition, yes, but also poor concentration, low grades, and plummeting energy levels." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"All the schools did was bring in a policy that no food could be served in school cafeterias that contained more than 11% sucrose. Why 11%? Because a lot of fruits and vegetables contain up to 11 % sucrose. They decided that if the sucrose is there naturally, that's fine. But out went the sugary sweets. Stephen Schoenthaler, Nutrition & Intelligence the sensationalistic media shaping people's perceptions of reality and, subsequently, the choices they make. So many children's delicate bodies and brains aren't able to function properly because they are not getting the nutrients they need." - Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C., If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! The No-nonsense Guide to an Eating-for-Health Lifestyle (Get the book.) "Mega-chain fast-food companies have similarly infiltrated many school cafeterias. That fast food is a major health-compromiser is a no-brainer in the minds of most. However, because the soft drink industry has been so successful in making their products so widely accepted and available for daily — often multiple times a day — consumption, soda is frequently not perceived to be the liquid candy and potential health hazard that it is." - Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C., If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! The No-nonsense Guide to an Eating-for-Health Lifestyle (Get the book.) "Why then do we allow the food industry to place their vending machines in school hallways, and in some cases even serve their disease-causing, processed junk and fast foods in school cafeterias? Statistically speaking, these foods cause far greater harm than tobacco. It's unconscionable to be taking advantage of this most precious and vulnerable segment of our society in this way. We should be sending out a clear message to our youth that junk food is hazardous to their health as well." - Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C., If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! The No-nonsense Guide to an Eating-for-Health Lifestyle (Get the book.)

"There is no regulation whatsoever on the use of MSG in school cafeterias despite its possible ill effects. In fact, current trends allow fast-food pizza and hamburger chains to sell their MSG-laden products during the children's lunch hour. - George R. Schwartz, M.D." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

"Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa supported the Congressional bill subsidizing free fruits and vegetables in school cafeterias as an alternative to vending items.70 A report by the Government Accounting Office on state laws governing school commercialism found the laws variable and inadequate. As of November 2000, only nineteen states had regulations addressing commercialism in schools, some of which were designed to promote commercial activity. None of the policies were directed at more recent media-based commercialism (e.g., Channel One)." - Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen, Food Fight (Get the book.) "Unhealthy foods should not be sold in vending machines, school cafeterias, or school stores. This seemingly drastic move is consistent with recommendations from an expert consensus panel on school nutrition.87 The little existing research and several anecdotal reports suggest that children adapt well to such aggressive changes. Cutting back on high-sugar and high-fat foods should be coupled with increasing the range of choices among healthy items by offering healthy foods and beverages in vending machines, school stores, canteens, and cafeterias." - Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen, Food Fight (Get the book.) "Eliminate Soft Drinks from Schools Soft drinks should not be sold in vending machines, school cafeterias, or school stores. The rationale is similar to that for foods as discussed in Chapter 6. If high-sugar drinks are available, children will choose them. Increasing healthy choices may help a little, but such choices are there now and children select the sugared drinks. Children do not need soft drinks. There are healthy alternatives like milk and bottled water, and, of course, water fountains are a good option. Children should have choices, but from among healthy products." - Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen, Food Fight (Get the book.)

"The World Health Organization recently published a consensus report on the need to reduce drastically the use of refined sugar, remove vending pop machines from school cafeterias, and reduce the amount of sugar in processed foods. The sugar industry was infuriated and demanded from the WHO's Director General, Gro Brundtland, that this report be withdrawn, threatening that otherwise the industry would see to it that the WHO's annual financial contribution from the United States government would be withheld. Dr. Brundtland responded by publishing both the report and the threats." - Helke Ferrie, Dispatches From the War Zone of Environmental Health (Get the book.)

"This lack of any regulation has allowed the fast-food industry access to school cafeterias. The MSG-related results, such as declining test scores, increased absences, increased ADHD and Ritalin use, and increased violence, has been disastrous. - George R. Schwartz, M.D., in Bad Taste: The MSG Symptom Complex One can only wonder if part of the growing problem with poor performance and growing violence in our nation's schools is due to the increased consumption of excitotoxins - a situation dubiously sanctioned by the state!" - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

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