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Such a study appears to suggest at least one promising avenue of confronting youth obesity—changing zoning laws to prevent fast-food restaurants from opening near schools. By reducing access to unhealthful foods, schools can at least promote nutritious choices during school hours. Indeed, there is precedent within...
Certainly, merely eliminating fast-food restaurants around schools is not enough—education about healthful eating habits and exercise is absolutely critical in reducing obesity rates among youth in the United States. But removing combo meals from daily lunches is certainly a step in the right direction. Several surgeons...
Providing easily accessible information about dining hall food certainly helps students navigate their dining options. The old calorie cards, however, were a flawed method of encouraging healthful eating habits because the number of calories contained in a food item is not the only measure of its healthfulness. In fact, focusing...
Now, students can choose whether they want to examine the nutrition cards, which provide more comprehensive information about the food items offered in the dining halls—a complete nutritional breakdown, ingredients, and serving size suggestions. The cards also contain interesting facts about some of the dishes, such as...
After a summer without popcorn chicken, ranger cookies and Harvard fruit salad, students may have returned to those same dishes, yet something is amiss in the dining halls. The small cards that used to detail each food’s caloric content no longer accompany every dish. This act of...