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Texas Lawmakers: Working Hard To Keep Schools Safe For Junk Food (TLT EXCLUSIVE) 26 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
The USDA earned praise this past June when it released its ground-breaking new rules for “competitive” school food – the snacks and beverages offered to students through school stores, snack bars, ven...
TLT’s Table: Sweet Potato Pancakes and Honey-Cinnamon Butter 19 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
Here in Houston, summer vacation is drawing to a close and my family is coming off a several-week period of sleep-away camp for the kids, a trip for me and Mr. TLT and then a trip taken together. It ...
Book Review and Giveaway: “Fearless Feeding” 14 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
There’s been a recent spate of new books about the feeding of children that are so good I actually feel a little sad when I read them: I feel certain they would have saved me from many a feeding pitf...
Did Changes to W.I.C. Cause the Recent Drop in Childhood Obesity? 13 Aug 2013 | 04:58 pm
Last week I shared on TLT’s Facebook page and Twitter feed news of a Center for Disease Control report finding that rates of childhood obesity among low-income children have fallen modestly in 19 sta...
Book Review and Giveaway: “The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage” 12 Aug 2013 | 04:55 pm
A comment recently came in on The Lunch Tray: WOMAN IT’S BEEN LIKE TWO WEEKS. HOW CAN YOU CLAIM TO BE A BLOG IF YOU DON’T EVER POST ANYTHING? LAME. Ouch! It’s true that I haven’t posted here in clo...
Are You Ready to Take the Family Dinner Challenge? 16 Jul 2013 | 09:36 pm
Whenever I tout the benefits of family dinner here on The Lunch Tray, I know I’m probably preaching to the choir. You wouldn’t be here if you didn’t already care about feeding your kids well and that...
Join Me For Tonight’s TweetChat Re: McDonald’s and School Marketing 15 Jul 2013 | 08:18 pm
A public school child is taught reading literacy with McDonald’s-branded materials. A teacher hands a child a McDonald’s restaurant coupon as a reward for good performance. Schools raise money thro...
Help Get Food Education Into Every American School! 10 Jul 2013 | 09:38 pm
The longer I blog on The Lunch Tray, the more I become convinced that the keys to reversing the childhood obesity epidemic and improving kids’ health rest with kids themselves. That is to say, we abs...
My Twitter Lists Are Your Twitter Lists 8 Jul 2013 | 09:22 pm
Hey, Twitter users! I wanted to let you know that last week I undertook the laborious task of going through the almost 500 food-related organizations and individuals I follow on my Twitter feed and g...
Do New USDA School Snack Rules = The Death of “Better-For-You” Junk Food? 2 Jul 2013 | 10:48 pm
As I told you last week on this blog’s Facebook page, the USDA has released its interim final rules for “competitive” foods and beverages offered on school campuses. But I didn’t want to share this n...
