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“What’s on YOUR Plate?” – A Documentary Film About Kids and Food Politics

Eating the best-tasting cherry tomato ever got now thirteen year old Sadie Hope-Gund curious. Why did this tomato taste so much better than most of the stuff people eat in New York City, where she lives? Her quest to find out eventually led her and best friend Safiyah Riddle to make the movie “What’s On Your Plate?” Sadie’s mom, award-winning filmmaker Catherine Gund, directed the witty…

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ZisBoomBah Among Frontrunners in Michelle Obama’s Apps for Healthy Kids Competition

Time for a little self-promotion: Since public voting started this week, ZisBoomBah has been switching back and forth between first and second place in Michelle Obama’s nationwide Apps for Healthy Kids competition This is huge news for our startup. If we win, we’ll get major recognition and receive $10,000.

The details: ZisBoomBah is the only contestant from Colorado that was even approved to compete in the…

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Cutting Calories for Kids: Are Food Manufacturers Really On Your Side?

As part of her Let’s Move campaign, Michelle Obama announced that a coalition of 16 food manufacturers has promised to cut 1.5 trillion calories from their products over the next 5 years. The goal is to even cut the first trillion calories by 2012. As members of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, which includes General Mills, ConAgra Foods, Kraft Foods, Kellogg, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Hershey, their…

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Ban Toys from Kids Meals to Curb Childhood Obesity Silicon Valley wants to curb childhood obesity by trying to ban restaurants from giving away toys and other freebies with high-calorie kids meals. Can this toy ban be an effective measure to get children to choose healthier meals at restaurants? Is it true that parents don’t stand a chance against the toy incentives?

Food Labeling: Read Nutritional Facts AND Ingredient List to get Whole Story

Washingtonpost.com published an enlightening article this week, explaining how the Nutrition Facts Panel (NFP) on a food product merely gives you a few quantitative nutrition highlights. The ingredient list, on the other hand, is a more qualitative overview of what we’re putting into our body. “Using one without the other makes it difficult to come to optimal decisions,” writes Jennifer LaRue Huget.

To feed you family better, you want the…

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Can the New Childhood Nutrition Act Change What Your Child Eats at School?

There was this line in the schmaltzy Eighties teen movie La Boum – The Party that went something like “True love is when the only person you want to be comforted by is the guy who just broke your heart.” The new Childhood Nutrition Act is kind of like that.

The only way schools can serve healthier food is with the government’s support. Right now, school leaders do not have…

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