Because of the interminable snow falling here in the District of Columbia (apparently, we are now second-snowiest city in the country) the public hearing on “Healthy Schools” legislation in the D.C. Council previoulsy scheduled for tomorrow has been moved to the next earliest available hearing date, March 26. That’s 11 a.m. in room 500 of […]
Yesterday I stopped by the cafeteria at my daughter’s school here in the District of Columbia–H.D. Cooke Elementary–and this is what many of the kids were having for breakfast: A package of sugar-glazed cookies called Kellogg’s Crunchmania Cinnamon buns; chocolate- or strawberry-flavored milk; grape juice. A 1.76-ounce packet of Crunchmania contains 13 grams of […]
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One of the most disturbing things I saw during the week I spent in the kitchen at my daughter’s elementary school recently was all the sugar being served to children. From the Pop Tarts and Apple Jacks on the breakfast line, to the fruit juice, the chocolate- and strawberry-flavored milk on constant display, to the […]
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