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Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunch Programs in United States
Oct. 19, 2011
Vegetarian Recipes Are Winners in USDA’s Healthy Kids Contest
June 16, 2011
2011 Super Bowl Star LaMarr Woodley Promotes Healthy School Lunches
March 9, 2011
Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunch Programs in United States
Oct. 13, 2010
Doctors Call On Congress to Seize Historic Opportunity
June 11, 2010
Dietitians Rank Five Worst School Lunches: Beef and Cheese Nachos, Meatloaf Top List
May 11, 2010
One Doctor Takes to Airwaves to Confront Childhood Obesity Myths
April 29, 2010
Olympic Athletes Urge Congress to Pass Healthy School Meals Act
April 2, 2010
Scarlett Johansson Urges Congress to Pass Healthy School Meals Act
March 18, 2010
Healthy School Meals Act Rewards Schools for Offering Low-Fat Options
March 18, 2010
NBA Champion Calls on Congress to Support Vegetarian School Lunch Options
Nov. 19, 2009
Montel’s Daughter Stars in TV Ad Urging Congress to Support Healthy School Lunches
Aug. 24, 2009
Actress Marilu Henner Headlines Event Calling for Healthier School Lunches
Aug. 6, 2009
Girl in Metro Ads Asks: 'President Obama's daughters get healthy school lunches. Why don't I?'
Aug. 4, 2009
Actor Tobey Maguire Joins the Healthy School Lunch
Revolution
July 30, 2009
Montel’s Daughter Delivers Healthy School Lunch Petition
with 50,000 Signatures to Congresswoman Barbara Lee
June 17, 2009
Give Students Vegetarian Lunch Options, Montel’s Daughter Urges Congress in CNN Commercial
April 28, 2009
Doctors Seek to Ban Hot Dogs and Similar Meats from School Lunches; Federal Petition for Rulemaking Filed with USDA Just Before National School Lunch Week
Oct. 9, 2008
School Lunch Report Finds Many Schools Battling Rising Costs to Serve Healthful Meals
Sept. 30, 2008
New National TV Ad Calls for a Hot Dog Ban in Schools
Aug. 27, 2008
Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunch Programs in United States: Schools in Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, Washington, and Massachusetts Take Top Honors in Golden Carrot Awards; Winning Menus Emphasize Fruits, Vegetables, Vegetarian Meals
Oct. 15, 2007
New Report Reveals Surprising Divide in National School Lunch Program: Doctors Issue High Grades for Some School Districts, Failing Grades for Many Others; Nondairy Offerings on the Rise
Aug. 14, 2007
Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunches
in United States: Schools in California, Florida, New Mexico,
New Jersey, and Georgia Take Top Honors; Vegetarian Items Available
Daily on All Menus
Oct. 10, 2006
School Lunches Improving as Districts Nationwide Take Action to Halt Rising Rates of Childhood Obesity: Doctors Issue Nutrition Report Card: Schools Earn Top Grades by Promoting Healthy Vegetarian Fare, Banning Vending Machines, and Focusing on Local Produce
Aug. 24, 2006
PCRM Calling for Nominations for Golden Carrot Awards to Recognize
Healthy School Lunch Programs: Grand Prize of $5,000 Will Recognize
Outstanding Food Service Professionals and Highlight the Role of
Vegetarian Foods and Healthy School Lunches in the Fight Against
Childhood Obesity
May 15, 2006
New Study Suggests Schools Should Add Nondairy Beverages to the
Lunch Menu: Low-Fat Soymilk Proves a Popular Option in Three Ethnically
Diverse Elementary Schools
April 3, 2006
Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunches in U.S.: Poughkeepsie, Cincinnati, Santa Barbara, Montpelier, VT Take Top Honors; Vegetarian Items Available Daily on All Menus
Oct. 12, 2005
PCRM Seeks Nominations for Awards Honoring Innovation in School
Foodservice "Golden Carrot" Prizes
Total $5,000; Deadline: September 15, 2005
Aug. 4, 2005
Healthier Foods for School Kids: PCRM
Announces the Golden Carrot Award Winners During National School
Lunch Week, October 11-15 “Golden Carrot Awards”
for Innovative Foodservice Professionals go to Berkeley, East Hampton
(NY), Fairfax (VA), and Los Angeles
Oct. 12, 2004
School Lunches Still Failing to Make
the Grade, Say Doctors: San Diego, Detroit, Fairfax (VA) Score High
in 2004 School Lunch Report Card; Las Vegas "Most Improved;" Albuquerque
Public Schools Earn an "F"
Aug. 18, 2004
PCRM Urges Kids to Start Their Day Off With Healthy
“Power” Breakfasts: National School Breakfast Week,
March 8-12, Highlights Need for “Most Important Meal of the
Day” – PCRM Recommends 10 Power Breakfasts
Mar. 9, 2004
PCRM Condemns House Language
on Soy Milk Option for School Lunch Program as ‘Political
Sleight of Hand’: Physicians Call Dairy Monopoly Unhealthy
for America’s Children
Mar. 5, 2004
PCRM Calls on Nation’s Schools to Drop Beef
from Lunch Programs Due to Mad Cow Disease Threat: Letter to 75
Biggest School Districts Urges Healthier Vegetarian Meals
Feb. 11, 2004
“Congress: Stop Fattening Kids with Giant Meat
and Cheese Subsidies,” Say Doctors: PCRM Calls on USDA to Stop Dumping
Meat and Other Unhealthy Foods into National School Lunch Program
Oct. 6, 2003
School Lunches Still Feeding Obesity Epidemic, Doctors
Say Annual Nutrition Report Card Awards Only One A; D.C. Public Schools Get
an F
Aug. 20, 2003
Food Fight Headed for Senate: School Lunches Up for Review March 4: Doctors Want Healthier Menus, More Vegetarian Choices, Fewer Political Favors for Meat and Dairy Lobbies
Mar. 3, 2003
Recalled Meat in School Lunches Only Tip of the Iceberg, Say Doctors: Group Calls on USDA to Remove All Meat, Not Just Infected Meat, from School Lunch Program
Oct. 21, 2002
USDA School Lunch Policies Discriminate Against Minorities, Say Doctors: Petition to be Filed Tuesday; Agency Should Update Milk Policy to Reflect Changing Needs of School Children
Oct. 14, 2002
School Lunches Labeled “Weapons of Mass Destruction” in Provocative New Ad: Pork-Barrel Politics is Ruining Children's Health, Say Doctors
Oct. 7, 2002
School Lunches Flunk Nutrition Test, Say Doctors: Six of the Biggest School Districts Score D or Lower; Ft. Lauderdale a Bright Spot; Houston and Detroit Tie for Worst
Aug. 28, 2002
School Lunches Fail to Make the Grade, Say Doctors:
Too Much Fat, Meat, Chicken, Cheese, Virtually No Non-Dairy Alternatives
Sept. 4, 2001
News Alerts
Healthy School Lunch Resolution Wins
Passage in California
Aug. 20, 2003
Commentary
Healthy School Lunches: A Real Solution for So Many Problems
By Sen. Chip Rogers
April 6, 2010
Plant-Based School Lunch Options Could Help Fight Obesity
By Patrice Green, M.D.
March 30, 2010
Healthy School Lunches Could End Obesity Cycle
By Kathryn Strong, M.S., R.D.
Jan. 25, 2010
Support Better Food Choices in Schools
By Kathryn Strong, M.S., R.D.
Oct. 25, 2009
Protecting Students’ Health from Pork-Barrel Politics
By Susan Levin, M.S., R.D.
Sept. 30, 2009
Healthy School Lunches Could Slim Down Health Care Costs
By Kathryn Strong, M.S., R.D.
Aug. 23, 2009
Real Health Care Reform Starts in the Lunchroom
By Susan Levin, M.S., R.D.
Aug. 2, 2009
School Lunch Program Needs a Stimulus Package
By Kathryn Strong, M.S., R.D.
April 28, 2009
Will Vilsack Bring Change We Can Believe in to School Lunches?
By Kathryn Strong, M.S., R.D.
Jan. 4, 2009
Kids Need School Lunch Reform as Much as Soda Bans
May 7, 2006
Oreo
Promotion Puts USDA on Wrong Side of Obesity Fight
By Amy Lanou, Ph.D.
July 11, 2004
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