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**SANITATION** [|More than 50 Association policies archived during Annual Meeting.] //Nation's Health//, Jan/Feb2006, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p30-30, 1/6p The article reports on the outdated American Public Health Association (APHA) polices that have been archived in deference to the latest public health science and research in 2006. The polices that were archived include topics such as school lunch programs, environmental tobacco smoke, sex education in schools and rural health services. The archived policies will no longer be used to guide AHPA actions and will just serve as historical documents. The purpose of archiving the policies is to ensure that Association policies are in pace with the latest health information. [|How Safe Are School Lunches?] //New York Times//, 5/ 4/1995, p24, 0p Abstract: Local television reports have raised disturbing questions about the safety and quality of meals served in New York City's schools. The Board of Education serves about 600,000 meals a day, which provide the most significant nutrition for many children. Much of the food is bought from vendors, but the school system also receives donated food, including butter, cheese, canned soups and frozen turkeys, from the United States Department of Agriculture. The donated food, whose arrival date, type and quantity are difficult to predict, can sit in the warehouse for long periods before it is finally worked into menus that are planned long in advance. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] (//AN 29471165//) note: all food may not be fresh [|Low-fat's school, man.] //Nutrition Action Health Letter//, Jan/Feb94, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p3, 1/5p; Abstract: Reports on Senator Patrick Leahy's introduction of a bill focusing on the nutritional quality of the foods served to school children. Inclusion in the National School Lunch Program; Calories from fat; Offering of fatty whole milk.; (AN //9406241312//) note: new suggestion for a bill for healthier lunch guidelines

**EXPIRED FOOD** [|How Safe Are School Lunches?] //New York Times//, 5/ 4/1995, p24, 0p Abstract: Local television reports have raised disturbing questions about the safety and quality of meals served in New York City's schools. The Board of Education serves about 600,000 meals a day, which provide the most significant nutrition for many children. Much of the food is bought from vendors, but the school system also receives donated food, including butter, cheese, canned soups and frozen turkeys, from the United States Department of Agriculture. The donated food, whose arrival date, type and quantity are difficult to predict, can sit in the warehouse for long periods before it is finally worked into menus that are planned long in advance. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] (//AN 29471165//) note: all food may not be fresh
 * [|Low-fat's school, man.] //Nutrition Action Health Letter//, Jan/Feb94, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p3, 1/5p; Abstract: Reports on Senator Patrick Leahy's introduction of a bill focusing on the nutritional quality of the foods served to school children. Inclusion in the National School Lunch Program; Calories from fat; Offering of fatty whole milk.; (AN //9406241312//) note: new suggestion for a bill for healthier lunch guidelines

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 * [|The][|**//School//**][|-][|**//Lunch//**][| Test.] //New York Times Magazine//, 9/17/2006, p20, 0p I have spent the past year filming model school-food programs around the country for a documentary called Two Angry Moms (Lisa Belkin, Aug. 20). While most districts I've visited haven't been able to perform controlled double-blind studies, there is unanimous agreement that better school food correlates to higher test scores, improved attendance, fewer nurse visits, increased focus, better behavior, fewer discipline call-outs and even dramatic improvements in athletic performance -- all goals that educational policy strives to achieve. Amy Kalafa Weston, Conn. How many parents have received a note from school reminding them to feed their child a hearty, nutritious breakfast on standardized-test day? School leaders clearly understand the connection between a healthy meal and higher test scores. Why then, is it so difficult to understand the connection between year-round better school food and improved cognition, behavior and short- and long-term health? Nancy Huehnergarth Chappaqua, N.Y.

**VARIETY** [|Naked][|**//lunch//**][| for][|**//schools//**][|.] By: Thomas, Archie//. Variety//, 4/4/2005, Vol. 398 Issue 7, p6-6, 1/7p, 1 color Focuses on the political significance of the reality television program "Jamie's **//School//** Dinners," hosted by Jamie Oliver. Impact of the TV program on the education **//policy//** of the British government; Move by British education secretary Ruth Kelly to pledge government funding to improve the nation's **//school//** meals.  [|**//Lunch//**][| Line.] By: Bogo, Jennifer//. E - The Environmental Magazine//, Mar/Apr2001, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p19, 3p, 1 color; Discusses the food program **//policy//** of Berkeley Unified **//School//** District in California designed to provide healthy meals to students. Role of organic foods and organic farming in the **//policy//** ; Responsibility of **//schools//** in students' food; Actions taken to help kids avoid eating junk foods. [] A cashier system optimized for school lunches, includes barcode scanner.
 * [|Low-fat's school, man.] //Nutrition Action Health Letter//, Jan/Feb94, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p3, 1/5p; Abstract: Reports on Senator Patrick Leahy's introduction of a bill focusing on the nutritional quality of the foods served to school children. Inclusion in the National School Lunch Program; Calories from fat; Offering of fatty whole milk.; (AN //9406241312//) note: new suggestion for a bill for healthier lunch guidelines
 * [|School Lunch Quality.] //Pediatrics for Parents//, 2001, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p10, 1/5p; Abstract: Informs on the quality of school lunches in the United States, according to Department of Agriculture standards.; (AN //4361464//) note: school food has gotten slightly better
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 * [|FINGER FOOD.] By: Baily, Cate//. Scholastic Scope//, 11/10/2003, Vol. 52 Issue 7, p21, 1p, 1 color; Abstract: Presents a debate on whether schools in the U.S. should use fingerprint detection in lunch lines.
 * [] Students served cheese sandwich because money wasn’t turned in
 * []. Students pay homeroom teacher and receive a lunch voucher
 * [] schools use eye scanners for lunches