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• Billings School Honored
Ponderosa Elementary School gets a Gold Award as part of the U.S. Healthier School Challenge Program. The school is one of more than 200 nationwide honored for promoting a healthy environment for their students through nutrition and exercise. School ...
• Some schools use local farms for healthy menus
Health and nutrition experts agree, saying poor dietary habits are a contributing factor in dramatic increases in childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes, asthma and high cholesterol. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the number of ...
• Delicious delights: Recipes for diabetics
Unfortunately, the grams of sugar on a Nutrition Facts label don’t distinguish between natural and added sugars. That’s why you’ll see 13 g of sugar on a label for canned pineapple when the only ingredients are pineapple and 100% pineapple juice
• Is this a trick? Kids get toys instead of sweets
Despite the heightened awareness of health and nutrition, the fact remains that kids (and adults) are tempted with sweets at almost every corner even without a holiday devoted to sugar. About 30 percent of children ages 2 to 19 are overweight or obese
• Obama, McCain stretch facts in debate
... raising them on a relative few, either corporations or affluent individuals. 11 votes the GOP is counting would have increased taxes on those making more than $1 million a year — in order to fund programs such as Head Start and school nutrition ...