I had not intended to be a featured speaker when I took the Metro out to Anacostia yesterday to sit in on a meeting of the Early Childhood Obesity Collaborative. But there I was, waiting for the part of the agenda titled “Ward 8 Gardening Project” in the auditorium of Matthews Memorial Baptist Church, when the […]
With ever increasing buzz around the idea of feeding kids real food at school, some local jurisdictions are actually taking steps in the right direction. Here in the District of Columbia, the food providor for public schools, Chartwells, a division of the international conglomerate Compass Group, plans to introduce fresh-made meals to replace the re-warmed […]
Do Americans really consume 22 teaspoons of sugar a day? That’s 350 calories, and the American Heart Association says that’s way too much. But get this: the mean daily sugar intake among teenaged boys is more like 34 teaspoons. That’s a lot of sugar. The AHA has issued a statement saying too much sugar is contributing […]
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