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From YouTube: School Lunches Trim the Fat to Promote Nutrition
Description
Nutrition in Bloomington school lunch menus have always been ahead of the statewide curve, but starting this school year, laws are now in place, limiting calories and requiring more fruits and vegetables. Find out how students are responding to the change and what parents can do to help the transition in the cafeteria.
B
Will
tell
you
that
well-nourished
children
are
eager
and
ready
to
learn
and
there's
compelling
evidence
that
a
healthy
breath
breakfast
especially
helps
academic
achievement,
helps
kids,
concentrate
and
how
kids
behave,
and
we
know
that
a
diet,
that's
low
in
saturated
fat
high
in
nutrients
is
really
the
type
of
food
children
need
to
develop
to
their
full
potential.
In.
B
A
New
guideline
also
limits
the
overall
amount
of
calories
in
each
student's
meal
through
portion
of
control,
while
finding
healthier
alternatives
to
popular
foods.
Bofur
recently
attended
a
training
with
district
food
service
professionals
that
offered
cooks
some
tips
about
making
the
new
menus
a
success.
We.
B
All
eat
with
our
eyes,
and
so
today
the
food
service
staff
is
going
to
learn
how
to
prepare
food
in
an
attractive
way.
So
they're
gonna
learn
things
certain
knife
skills
that
will
help
them
use
more
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables
rather
than
frozen
or
canned
or
pre-prepared,
and
so
they
will
be
able
to
add
fresh
herbs
because
they're
gonna
learn
how
to
cut
them
quickly
and.
A
C
Support
our
school
lunch
program,
which
is
offering
many
more
fruits
and
vegetables
and
wonderful
selection
for
students.
We
wanted
to
give
parents
actually
some
ideas
as
well,
so
in
our
Westwood
handbook,
which
is
actually
our
calendar.
We
kind
of
talked
about
our
belief
statement
about
providing
an
environment
that
supports
wellness
through
good
nutrition
through
physical
exercise.
The.
A
Handbook
guides
parents
towards
healthy
birthday,
treats
and
food
alternatives
like
books
or
CDs.
Also,
students
have
spent
much
of
the
fall
tending
to
and
harvesting
produce
from
the
school
garden,
which
in
turn
is
included
in
school,
lunch
recipes
and
another
unique
thing
about
Westwood.
Is
the
students
have
recessed
before
lunch?
The.
C
Reason
for
this
is
that
you
find
that
many
times
when
children
are
in
the
lunchroom,
they
can't
wait
to
get
outside
to
play,
and
so
they
were
not
eating.
They
were
throwing
away
a
lot
of
their
food.
This
way
at
Westwood
we
not
only
start
with
recess,
but
we
have.
The
kids
run
two
laps
around
the
outside
the
perimeter
of
our
playground
to
really
get
that
exercise
going
and
then
they
come
in
have
lunch
eat,
their
teacher
picks
them
up
and
they
are
now
calmed.
It.
C
Asked
me
what
this
vegetable
was
and
I
said:
I
really
don't
know
what
that
is,
so
I'll
go,
ask
our
head
cook
and
it
was
a
jicama
and
I
said
wow.
So
I
said
I,
don't
know
what
a
jicama
is.
What
does
it
taste
like,
so
she
went
back
to
the
refrigerator
got
me.
A
jicama
I
came
out
to
the
table
with
the
kids
and
I
said:
let's
taste
it
together,
so
I
tried
it
and
they
were
and
they
saw
that
I
lived,
and
so
they
all
ate
it
and
it
it
was.
C
A
B
During
the
transition
that
children
are
going
to
feel
as
they
go
from
used
to
be
the
kind
of
that
traditional
school
lunch
to
this
new
healthier
lunch,
parents
can
really
support
schools
by
encouraging
their
kids
to
try
those
new
fruits
and
vegetables.
By
talking
positively
about
the
changes
at
school
lunch,
they
can
also
help
by
making
sure
that
at
home
they
are
serving
fruits
and
vegetables
so
that
their
children
come
to
school,
familiar
with
fruits
and
vegetables
and
already
liking
them.