nutrition

It seems like nowadays school cooks are stepping up their game big time to attempt to attract students back to the lunchroom for healthier options. Maybe some of these popular, fancy-pants reality cooking shows are rubbing off on our school chefs.

New income guidelines for Idaho’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) will take effect July 1.

Five schools in the Magic Valley will share thousands of dollars to promote healthy eating for their students. The Idaho Dairy Council in partnership with the Fuel Up to Play 60 announced the area schools will get a combined $18,577 in grants

The kids are out of school for the summer and the free summer lunch program for kids has begun. This is a great program to ensure that all kids get a good lunch each day even though they aren’t in school anymore.

In an effort to help people make more informed choices when eating away from home, the federal government is introducing mandatory nutrition labeling for fast food menus and vending machines. Items sold at movie theaters are exempt, which is odd given what calorie bombs those snacks can be. The problem is that few Americans pay much attention to the nutrition labeling on even the packaged foods br