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    The New Face Of Hunger

    • March 17, 2017
    This guest post is authored by Kelly Runzel, Director of Corporate Partnerships and Rhonda Watson, Director of Workplace Giving at Feed the Children. It is exhausting to try to pinpoint…
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    Nutrition Is Important
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      True or False: Nutrition Is Important.

      • March 25, 2016
      The answer seems obvious, right? But creating broad awareness of the true importance of nutrition as a public policy issue, and not just a matter of personal choice, is not…
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      Happy Birthday, Kids in the Kitchen!

      • March 14, 2014
      When the Junior Leagues’ Kids in the Kitchen program was launched in 2006, childhood obesity was just starting to ramp up as a major concern among public policymakers. Now, with…
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      How’s your summer going?

      • August 1, 2013
      That’s a question you hear a lot this time of year. And for many Junior League members, the answer is, “Our project is going great!” Summertime, with kids out of…
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      What weighs 2-1/2 tons and fights against childhood obesity?

      • June 27, 2013
      The Junior League of Birmingham’s Project Yummy food truck. Like more than 200 Junior Leagues, JLB is a loyal participant in AJLI’s Kids in the Kitchen program, which brings the…
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      A Slow Battle for the Young and Overweight

      • December 17, 2012
      Recently published reports show declines in the rates of obesity among children in both urban metropolises and smaller cities and towns. Though preliminary and confined for the most part to…
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      Maybe that’s why they call it ‘seed money.’

      • April 11, 2012
      National Nutrition Month may be over for this year, but let’s talk about our Kids in the Kitchen program, which is the recipient of a $75,000 award from Kashi as…
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      Is there a food desert near your community?

      • February 27, 2012
      Maybe. The fact is, millions of Americans live in what the USDA defines as a food desert: a low-income census tract whose residents have low access to a supermarket or…
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      What does Kids in the Kitchen have to do with Halloween?

      • October 27, 2011
      Not much. KITK programs typically take place in the spring. Halloween, well, you know. KITK focuses on helping children make healthy choices about food and nutrition. Halloween, well, you know.…
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      Do we really need a national Food Day?

      • October 24, 2011
      Well, we have one now. October 24 is the first annual Food Day in the United States. Sponsored by an advocacy group called Center for Science in the Public Interest,…
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