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Diet & Nutrition
California researchers find farm-to-school programs shift students' diets
February 17th, 2005
If given a choice of fresh fruits and vegetables, children will eat them, according to a University of California study. New dietary guidelines issued Wednesday by the federal government, which now recommends 9 servings of fruits and vegetables daily compared to 5 servings in previous directives, have left parents and school food service directors wondering how to get kids to eat all that produce. Data compiled in school lunch programs may help them, according to Gail Feenstra, food systems analyst at the UC Davis-based statewide Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (UC SAREP). Feenstra's study compiled hundreds...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-17)
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