Students Get LoâCarb Lunches
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Nov. 17, 2004 - Lunch these days for about 2,700 grade schoolers is low-fat and low-carb _ a la South Beach Diet. The menu switch is part of a children&#39;s health study by Miami Beach
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Pupils at a primary school are offered  bird flu medicine as a child from the school is believed to have the virus.
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Pupils at four primary schools are being given the choice of starting lessons at different times of the day.
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By Charlie Boss, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 24--Mornings at the school sound of water splashing on soapy hair, onions sizzling on a skillet and computers humming.
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Pupils in England will learn more about how food is grown and how it reaches the consumer in a new  scheme.
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An earthy abundance from local farms comes through the loading docks of the Culinary Institute of America: sprigs of asparagus in the spring, peas and beets in the summer, apples and squash in the fall. The food &#151; much of it taken from the soil the day before &#151; provides fresh fodder from the Hudson Valley for the riverside school's five restaurants and classroom kitchens.
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By Olympia Meola, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  May 29--St. Catherine's School rising seventh-graders can add laptops to their fall school-supply list.
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Laptops and smart phones are at the head of the class for collegiate back-to-school shoppers.Photos: gadgets at the head of the class
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Five of the countryÂs largest snack food producers announced today that they would start providing more nutritious foods to schools.
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School lunchrooms across Maryland and Virginia received beef that has been recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, education officials confirmed yesterday.
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By Dave Dewitte, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa  Sep. 10--HIAWATHA -- Sean Taylor remembers the startled reaction when he  asked his school-age son why he'd purchased six Sunny Delight orange drinks  from the school's cafeteria in one day.
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Senior volunteers are contributing their time to help struggling school systems.
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TACOMA, Wash. - A teaching assistant gave some preschoolers dog food to eat during a play-acting exercise at Northeast Tacoma Elementary School. A Tacoma School District spokeswoman said the children spat out the dry dog food and no one suffered any ill effects.
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Pupils at a city middle school will be able to get birth control pills and patches at their student health center after the local school board approved the proposal Wednesday evening
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Leaflets on how to make a healthy packed lunch is to be given to parents, the BBC learns.
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Yoga and dance workshops for kids and parents at a museum. Free bike locks to encourage students to cycle to school. A food bank that offers fitness workouts along with hot meals for children. These are among the projects encouraged by a 2-year-old Chicago consortium tackling childhood obesity.
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After-school sports club are being launched to improve basic skills like throwing and catching.