Food
Technical Assistance for Healthy and Non-Food Fundraisers – FREE for High Schools / Survey Deadline: July 15th, 2024 **Extended**
This is an exciting project of the NYC Department of Health designed to assist your school with promoting and implementing healthy and non-food fundraisers.
Supermarket Solution – Podcast on Supermarket and Obesity
In case you missed it, Gregory Warner of Marketplace at American Public Media had a great segment on the role of supermarket in the fight for childhood obesity. Further, he discusses how the art and science of selling food can be redirected to fight obesity.
Healthy Tip of the Week (HTW) January 17th-23rd
HTW #3: Cook healthy meals!
Cook a healthy dinner at home with your family instead of eating fast food.
Healthy Tip of the Week (HTW) February 7th-13th
HTW #6: Eat breakfast!
Start your day off right with a healthy breakfast.
Click the link below for some healthy breakfast recipes!
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/healthy-breakfast-ideas-and-recipes
Healthy Tip of the Week (HTW) February 21st-27th
HTW #8: Protect your environment!
Did you know that eating seasonally (things that are grown in the Northeast region) can help save the environment?
Healthy Tip of the Week (HTW) March 8th-14th
HTW #10: Cook your meals!
Choose inconvenience! Convenience foods are the highest in salt and fat.
Healthy Tip of the Week (HTW) March 15th-21st
HTW #11: Read the food label!
Did you know that the first ingredients on a food label are the ones that it has the most of?
Healthy Tip of the Week (HTW) March 22nd-28th
HTW #12: Eat organic!
Did you know that organic food means that it is grown without anything fake--like pesticides, herbicides, or antibiotics?