Childhood Hunger
Childhood Hunger in the News
A look at Share Our Strength news and hunger and poverty headlines. Here are the ten most recent articles.
November 4
A White House Chef Who Wears Two Hats
WASHINGTON: Twice a month, President Obama’s senior policy advisers gather at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to hash out strategies for improving the health of the country’s children. Among the assistant secretaries, chiefs of staff and senior aides sits an...
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November 3
Food Stamps Help Stave Off Hunger in Many U.S. Homes
Over 30-year period, nearly half of American children received nutrition assistance, analysis shows...
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October 27
McAlister's Deli Raises $125,000 To Help Fight Childhood Hunger
McAlister’s Deli raised $125,000 to help in the fight against childhood hunger in America by participating in Share Our Strength’s Great American Dine Out....
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October 21
Report: Students need more veggies, fewer calories
The Institute of Medicine, which advises Congress, has announced recommendations to make lunches and breakfasts provided by schools more nutritious. Sixty percent of U.S. schoolchildren participate in the school lunch program. The proposed guidelines include limits on salt, fat and...
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October 21
FDA seeks better nutrition labeling
The federal government is wading into the supermarket aisle, making its first effort to provide better nutritional information on food products since it developed the black-and-white Nutrition Facts label 15 years ago....
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October 14
Dallas Schools Finding a Fresh Approach to School Lunches
The Bryan Adams High School cafeteria looks a lot like it’s looked for 40 years, plus some new paint and bright banners. And the lunch line food looks familiar, too - hot dogs, chips, onion rings, peach cobbler. Students at...
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October 14
More Money is Needed for Nutritious School Meals Washington Times
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” the old saying goes. The problem — of course — is Americans in general are just not that into fresh fruit and vegetables. Kids are no different. It doesn’t help that school...
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October 14
Child Nutrition Program Advances
The agricultural appropriations bill now pending in the Senate would provide nearly $150 million in child nutrition initiatives aimed at fighting hunger and promoting health among children in Arkansas and around the country, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said....
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October 8
Are You a Silent Hero?
Or do you know one? The got breakfast? Foundation wants parents, school board members, school administrators, and school food service directors to advocate for breakfast programs at their schools....
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October 8
Breakfast at School Now is on the Principal
In a locally unprecedented move, the School District of Philadelphia will hold principals accountable for the number of students eating breakfast in their schools....
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