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Sure, we love to complain about whatever nosh we’re being handed in the cafeteria, but studies are showing that schools are stepping up in major ways to put some healthy choices on your trays. While there’s no denying mystery meat is still a major no-no, school districts are expanding the budgets for lunches, getting kids to weigh in on what they want to see, and even planning projects, like community gardens, to contribute to their menus! So what does this mean? Almost all schools are now serving healthy alternatives to the oily tater tots or sketchy hamburger patties you’re used to suffering through.

In a recent article on NPR, it’s been shown that 97% of schools now serve whole grains, 89% have salad bars or prepackaged greens to nibble on, and almost all schools have replaced full fat milk with healthy skim or 1 percent substitutes. Wow! By offering these outstanding options, the caf’s now letting you choose a healthy meal. Brown bagging it seems a lot less appealing now, huh?
 
Lots of kids don’t control what they eat at home, and many don’t have the money to buy organic and healthy foods. School is the only place where they could learn how to eat healthfully – so giving the caf a makeover is a major opportunity to spread information on how to eat balanced and nutritional meals.

And if your school’s still slinging sloppy Joes and deep-fried disasters?  Start a campaign to bring healthy lunches to everyone! Petitions, letters to your principal and superintendent, and cold hard facts about the effects of nasty nosh on childhood obesity can really call a community to action.

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BY SARAH GOLDBERG ON 8/22/2011 11:00:00 AM

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my school has a few healthy options, like low fat milk, fresh fruit, and an occasional salad bar, but like 90% of the choices on ala cart are junk like chips and ice cream. Baked chips, but chips nonetheless. Plus the main entree is almost always something greasy and completely unhealthy looking. They recently even started serving a double-decker cold cut sandwich that adds twice the calories to the originally somewhat nutritious sub. Last year I barely ever ate more than a low fat yogurt or some carrots at lunch, and I'm now resorting to packing.

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by bandgeek97 on 9/4/2011 6:33:28 PM

 
 

@ my school the head chef is from the culinary institute of america Smile my old school tho was pretty healthy and all the food was fresh too!

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by cheerkat22 on 8/29/2011 7:01:20 AM

 
 

My school serves pizza, which sometimes I can wipe off the bread like it's sauce, chips with beans and some kind of meat, soggy pink chicken "burgers" they are plain, soggy burritos (what they put in them is a mystery after 3 years), spagehtti that is sometimes just hard overcooked noodles meat and no sauce, soggy chicken nuggets and fries (sometimes beans), the corn and fruit is pretty good sometimes, canned green beans that are soggy and burnt, the salad is pretty good, and hard on the edges and soggy in the middle "grilled" cheeses, and last but not least all they have to drink is milk, which is sometimes warm and rotten... hope u gys hadn't eaten b4 readin this!!!

TeeHee ;)

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by MaxRide15 on 8/26/2011 10:01:22 PM

 
 

Some schools in the country are probably getting healthier. The grilled cheese is like a butter and cheese at my school. And mystery meat-yup. I wish my school would serve healthy meals. Oh well, the brown bag lunch to me, is healthier.

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by Neoncat on 8/26/2011 9:14:21 PM

 
 

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k so a few days ago i got braces. and school is starting soon, how do i make my braces look nice??

 

Hey girl, the best thing you can do to keep your braces looking nice is to bring a mini toothbrush and floss set and brush/floss after lunch. That'll make sure you don't have any food in your teeth, and you can flash your pearly whites without worry! xox

Jess D.

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by hermionelover on 8/25/2011 1:44:10 PM

 
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