Schools find free veggies a hard sell
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Bad news &#151; but probably no surprise to parents &#151; when it comes to young children and vegetables: A government study showed fifth-graders became less willing to try vegetables and fruits when more were offered as free school snacks.
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Off-campus eating may undermine school nutrition efforts.
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By Talia Buford; Journal Staff Writer  WEST WARWICK - When it comes to school fundraising these days, apparently, a bake sale just won't do.
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ONE of Wales' top young chefs has come up with some fresh ideas to revitalise students' eating habits after The Western Mail revealed cash-starved students being given free tins of beans.
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Life & style: Jury out as school joins forces with gastro-pub in search for healthier lunches.
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Educators and health officials have stepped up their fight against obesity in US schools by trying to replace greasy fast food with healthy meals, and are seeing small but encouraging results.
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It's not unusual for the students traveling cross-country aboard an old school bus to get a craving for fried chicken. Or popcorn. Or french fries. That's because their vehicle is powered by vegetable oil, and the used oil they put in their tank can carry the telltale odors of the restaurant it came from.
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There are worries about the economic consequences of a decline in students taking science subjects.
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Government seeking to counter childhood obesity by making cooking classes compulsory at schools
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Without school supplies, someone's not learning   Re "Too many supplies on parents' shopping lists" (letter, Sept.
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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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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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Senior volunteers are contributing their time to help struggling school systems.
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Required exercise at 7 a.m. sharp. No personal televisions or computers. A cafeteria bereft of potato chips and candy bars but full of good-for-you vegetables. Mal Mahedy's new school has tons of rules that other teens would find intolerable.
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NEW YORK  - Results of a pilot program in   Mississippi hints that distributing apples, oranges and other   fresh fruit free of charge at school may be an effective part   of a comprehensive program aimed at improving students' eating   habits.
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Pupils should be offered more healthy food, including fresh fruit and vegetables, at school dinner times, a charity's report says.
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Primary pupils in three areas of Scotland tucked into healthy school lunches given out for free Monday under a six-month government-funded pilot scheme, officials said.