First Lady Michelle Obama is expected to make a major announcement regarding her campaign to combat childhood obesity on Tuesday. Mrs. Obama will be joined by business leaders to make
Two top food-focused administration officials visited a D.C. elementary school yesterday to kick off the Second Annual D.C. Farm to School Week, part of a wider initiative to
The United Fresh Foundation’s A Salad Bar in Every School campaign has donated two new salad bars to public schools in the Washington, DC area, for a total of
In “Food Buster,” players try to stack as much food as they can without breaking a virtual scale and learn that the fewer the calories, the greater their chance of
“The status quo cannot remain,” implored Sam Kass, senior policy advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives and White House chef, during his keynote address that kicked off the 33rd Annual National
Arianna Huffington announced that she had chosen 100 people in a variety of fields to honor as the Huffington Post’s 2010 Game Changers yesterday. Food safety advocate Barbara Kowalcyk,
Some kids have already started attending classes, and most will be back in school after Labor Day. Many parents may justifiably be wondering about recent efforts to improve the quality
More attention is being placed on the culinary skills of those in charge of preparing food at schools, as the childhood obesity rate increases and creates a demand for healthier
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced yesterday that the public voting period for the Apps for Healthy Kids competition has begun and will conclude on August 14 at noon EDT. During
As a rule, I do not think First Ladies should come in for much criticism. Generally speaking, they do volunteer work, trying to pick out some areas where they can
Residents of urban food deserts, typically low income neighborhoods, have to deal with limited healthy food choices, in addition to perhaps more obvious disadvantages of life there. A food desert