Smart Food Initiative

https://californiahealthline.org/news/big-soda-pours-big-bucks-into-californias-capitol/

Big Soda Pours Big Bucks Into California’s Capitol The soda industry spent $11.8 million to influence policy statewide in 2017 and 2018. As politicians once again consider bills that would tax and label sugary drinks, more big money is expected to …

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What to Do if Your Kids Are Weight-Obsessed or Being Bullied About Their Bodies Parents can emphasize healthiness without talking about weight or body size.

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/22368/healthy-kids/snacks/energy-boosting/slideshow/energy-boosting-snacks-for-kids-kid-athletes/

Energy-Boosting Snacks for Kids & Kid Athletes It takes nutritious foods to fuel all that running around through soccer practices, sports camps and games, so power up your little athlete with these healthy kids snack ideas that have at least 7 grams of protein and no more than 5 g added sugars.

Good news.

New Rules May Curb Classroom Junk Food School districts are preparing to impose nutrition standards for all food offered to children at school, including party treats.

Received this as part of the Lacrosse packet from Bend Parks and Rec. It's changed a bit from a couple of years ago, but still great information and a big change from 5 years ago when nothing like this was being handed out. Our hard work is paying off.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nancyhuehnergarth/2015/12/28/the-most-shocking-moments-in-food-politics-in-2015/

The Most Shocking Moments In Food Politics In 2015 It was a wild year for food politics including dust ups with Kraft, the School Nutrition Association and Coca-Cola, as well as

http://www.voanews.com/content/mht-cutting-sugar-improved-kids-health-in-days/3026405.html

Cutting Sugar from Kids’ Diets Improves Health in ‘Just Days’ Children who reduced their sugar intake saw a reversal of chronic metabolic diseases in as little as 10 days, according to a new study

I'm so impressed with CampFire Central Oregon's snack policy for camp! My kids started today in the SummerKids program, held at Juniper Elementary. I received this email:

If you think your child might be prone to hunger during the day, feel free to send as many fruits and veggies as you'd like for them to snack on! We believe that the healthiest foods can be the yummiest, and we look forward to the opportunity to promote healthy eating habits at SummerKids. Please make sure your child does not bring processed sweets or candy to camp.

We'd like to hear from you. What are you doing to help win your Right to Know what is in your food? Have you talked to your friends and neighbors about GMOs? Have you joined the campaigns for Proposition 92 in Oregon or 105 in Colorado? Have you spoken up at a dinner party? Have you reposted some truths about GMOs on Facebook?

I was very, very happy to see this included in my daughter's soccer packet from parks & rec this year. Smart Food Initiative was started by a group of moms who were fed up with all the sugary snacks being given to our kids. Encourage your parks & rec to do the same with support from realmomnutrition.com!