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Americans Actually Like Michelle Obama's Healthier School Lunches | ThinkProgress - 0 views

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  • Additionally, more than 90 percent of those surveyed said it’s somewhat or very important to serve nutritious foods in schools and strengthen children’s cognitive abilities.”
  • If lawmakers reauthorize the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act next month, schools would receive $4.5 billion over the next decade.
  • In total, more than $385 million in locally grown produce has entered school buildings across the country.
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Farm to School - 0 views

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  • Thanks to OPAA! Food Management, children all over Missouri can bite into a fresh, juicy apple straight from a Missouri farm each fall.
  • One year ago, they formed a partnership with Rasa Orchards (pronounced ray-see) to supply six schools with fresh apples.
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General: School lunches are U.S. national-security issue - 0 views

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  • It shows students not only like the healthier choices, they also are eating far more fruits and vegetables. Students served healthier foods ate nearly 20 percent more of their entrees and 40 percent more of the vegetables they chose, according to a Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity study published in the journal Childhood Obesity. Which means they threw away less food. The study also showed that more than 20 percent more children chose fruit.
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Photos Of School Lunches From Around The World Will Make American Kids Want To Study Ab... - 0 views

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  • . In 2013, the National School Lunch Program, a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools, served 5.1 billion lunches, Bloomberg reports. The quality of these lunches must somehow correlate to the health of America's youth, considering more than 32 million children are served NSLP every day.
    • masonmontez
      masonmontez on 10 Mar 16
       
      Claim: it talks about how Michelle Obama is trying to make kids eat healthier.
  • Parents could model better eating habits and stock their crispers with fresh fruit and vegetables, but a viable starter solution might begin at lunchtime.
    • masonmontez
      masonmontez on 10 Mar 16
       
      Evidence: The story tells ways about how parents can make their kid healthier.
  • More than one-third of kids in America are obese or overweight
    • masonmontez
      masonmontez on 10 Mar 16
       
      Reasoning: The text gives the reader an idea of how many kids are over weight.
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  • For example, by 2013, all 1,300 of New York City's public elementary schools were equipped with a fresh salad bar in their cafeterias (and they'll be getting snazzier in the near future).
    • masonmontez
      masonmontez on 10 Mar 16
       
      Evidence: The text talks about what the government is going to do to help these kids that are over weight.
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The Case for Sticking With the New School Lunch Program - US News - 1 views

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  • Three districts argue that the new U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines requiring healthier meals have led to a loss of revenue and wasted food.
    • Kaitlynn Groom
      Kaitlynn Groom on 10 Mar 16
       
      This is the claim of the article because it is telling us what they want us to know. Claim
  • only 1 percent of the 521 school districts surveyed by the School Nutrition Association said they were dropping out of the program.
    • Kaitlynn Groom
      Kaitlynn Groom on 10 Mar 16
       
      This is evidence to the claim because it is supporting the claim.   Evidence
  • Additionally, 92.7 percent of the surveyed districts say that "they do not plan, nor are considering, dropping any schools from NSLP."
    • Kaitlynn Groom
      Kaitlynn Groom on 10 Mar 16
       
      This is also evidence because it is backing up the claim.  Evidence
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  • I consider that a pretty successful retention rate for a program that is going through significant changes affecting more than 31 million children, their families and the school food staff that serve them.
    • Kaitlynn Groom
      Kaitlynn Groom on 10 Mar 16
       
      This is reasoning because it is explaining the evidence and how it backs up the claim. Reasoning 
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