New guidelines would make school lunches healthier Updated: Thu, Jan 13, 2011 The Agriculture Department's proposal applies to lunches subsidized by the federal government. The guidelines would require schools to cut sodium in those meals by more than half, use more whole grains and serve low-fat milk. They also would limit kids to only one cup of starchy vegetables a week, so schools... Read More

Obama: Nutrition bill vital to children's future Updated: Wed, Dec 15, 2010 WASHINGTON — Thousands more children would eat lunches and dinners at school and all school food would become more nutritious under a bill President Barack Obama signed into law Monday, part of an administration-wide effort to combat childhood obesity. "At a very basic level, this act is about doing... Read More

Feds consider limiting potatoes offered to kids while commission member continues spud diet Updated: Wed, Oct 20, 2010 GLEED, Wash. — Potato growers are fighting back against efforts to ban or limit potatoes in federal child nutrition programs, arguing the tuber is loaded with potassium and vitamin C and shouldn't be considered junk food. One Washington man is so exasperated by the proposals that he's in the midst of a... Read More

Michelle Obama helps kids get fit Updated: Mon, May 3, 2010 First Lady Michelle Obama announced her “Let's Move” campaign to fight childhood obesity this year. The goal is to solve childhood obesity within one generation so that children born today reach adulthood in good health. Childhood obesity has more than tripled and 1 in 3 American children is either... Read More

Students raise $10,000 Updated: Mon, May 22, 2006 Project to feed hungry children finds success with city walk Oklahoma City high school students raised enough money to buy 300 starving children school meals for a year and walked Sunday to bring attention to world hunger. Casady School students raised more than $10,000 and donated it to the United Nations... Read More

Students ask for healthy options Updated: Thu, Apr 27, 2006 On any usual day, most teenagers will plod in to the cafeteria at lunch, flinging their backpacks in to chairs as they half walk, half run to the lunch line. Today's lunch features a choice between pizza, nachos, spaghetti, French fries, tater tots, and barbeque sandwiches. That's not exactly health food. The point... Read More

Fit for You: School nutrition Updated: Tue, Sep 6, 2005 Nutrition and learning go hand in hand. Kids who are nutritionally fit are more likely to have the energy, stamina and self-esteem that enhance their ability to learn. Good breakfast options include yogurt mixed with cereal and fruit, a cereal bar with a glass of milk and a piece of fruit or a peanut butter... Read More

Ad Watch: Citizens for a Strong Senate Updated: Wed, Oct 20, 2004 Editor's note: This is one in a series analyzing television campaign advertisements in the U.S. Senate race between U.S. Rep. Brad Carson, D-Claremore, and former U.S. Rep. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee. Watch this ad The ad says: "Lots of babies have been delivered by Doctor Coburn. But when I was 2, he cut off... Read More