MORE ON: nutrition

Daily Report: Health and Welfare, K–12

Students support, but don't always eat, new school lunches

October 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
In a taste test of new lunch items last year at the Long Beach Unified School District, the "fiesta salad" received a nearly 73 percent approval rating. One student even declared that the dish of pinto beans, cilantro, corn, tomatoes and cayenne pepper was "better than McDonald... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Survey: Drinking water compliance eludes some California schools

October 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
Since the start of the 2010 school year, thirsty students at Turlock High School can visit a “hydration station,” a state-of-the-art drinking fountain that provides filtered and chilled water.  The high-tech fountain, which has also filled nearly 9,000 water bottles at Turlock... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, K–12

Oakland schools seek kitchen upgrades with ballot measure

October 9, 2012, 12:05 AM
Public schools in Oakland are looking for major kitchen remodeling with a measure on the November ballot. If approved, Measure J would authorize the Oakland Unified School District to issue up $475 million in bonds to improve school facilities.  Along with seismic upgrades... + read more
Spotlight: K–12

School lunches missing the mark for nutrition standards

July 5, 2012, 11:05 PM
State reviews of school lunches found that hundreds of districts have fed children fattening, salty and nutritionally deficient meals and face infrequent oversight. + read more
Spotlight: K–12

How we compiled the state’s school lunch data

July 5, 2012, 11:05 PM
Records on school lunch reviews from the California Department of Education provide a snapshot of compliance with federal nutrition requirements. + read more
Spotlight: K–12

Lack of funds, staff hinder state’s oversight of school lunches

July 5, 2012, 11:05 PM
State records show that about 12 percent of school districts and charter schools have slipped through the cracks and not received a required state review in the past five years. + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Bill would ensure free meals for needy charter school students

March 28, 2012, 12:05 AM
At the Blue Oak School in Chico, where 60 percent of the charter school's student body comes from low-income households, it’s a source of school pride that the soft tacos and chicken pot pies served at lunch are made from organic and locally sourced ingredients.  The meals are... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Want to lose weight? Add chocolate to diet, study suggests

March 27, 2012, 12:05 AM
Looking to lose some weight? Get off the treadmill and grab a chocolate bar. According to a new study from scientists at UC San Diego, there is something about eating chocolate that leaves people thinner than those who don't eat it. The researchers found that thinness was linked... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Volunteer teen chefs cater to cancer patients

March 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
Every Thursday evening during her harrowing treatments for leukemia, Eve Goldberg received Tupperware containers full of nourishment and hope.   The 58-year-old documentary filmmaker, who survived her ordeal, appreciated that the savory organic dishes like rosemary-roasted salmon and... + read more
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