Comments on: Mass. Senate Passes School Nutrition Bill http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/11/senate-nutrition WBUR is Boston's NPR News Station, featuring NPR news and programs such as Car Talk, On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Radio Boston. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barbara Hopkinson http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/11/senate-nutrition/comment-page-1#comment-30668 Barbara Hopkinson Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:07:00 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15487#comment-30668 What a difference getting more fruits & veggies into children makes - shown by the Juice Plus+ Childrent's Health Study on more than 500,000 kids - they are eating more fresh fruits & veggies, drinking more water, eating/drinking less junk food, needing less than half the number of doctor visits and missing less than half the number of school days. Juice Plus+ is 17 fruits/veggies/grains that are juiced & dried into powder, available in capsule or chewable form. It is the most clinically researched nutritional product on the market, proving health benefits. THE CHS PROGRAM PROVIDES 3 YEARS OF JUICE PLUS+ FREE FOR CHILDREN AGE 4-18 OR TO AGE 26 IF IN COLLEGE . Check it out on www.barhopjuiceplus.com and contact me at barhop@comcast.net with questions. Juice Plus+ funded the Nutrition Detectives program by Dr David Katz - teaching kids how to read lables and eat better, no mention of product. JUICE PLUS= CARES ABOUT KIDS NUTRITION! What a difference getting more fruits & veggies into children makes – shown by the Juice Plus+ Childrent’s Health Study on more than 500,000 kids – they are eating more fresh fruits & veggies, drinking more water, eating/drinking less junk food, needing less than half the number of doctor visits and missing less than half the number of school days. Juice Plus+ is 17 fruits/veggies/grains that are juiced & dried into powder, available in capsule or chewable form. It is the most clinically researched nutritional product on the market, proving health benefits. THE CHS PROGRAM PROVIDES 3 YEARS OF JUICE PLUS+ FREE FOR CHILDREN AGE 4-18 OR TO AGE 26 IF IN COLLEGE . Check it out on http://www.barhopjuiceplus.com and contact me at barhop@comcast.net with questions.
Juice Plus+ funded the Nutrition Detectives program by Dr David Katz – teaching kids how to read lables and eat better, no mention of product. JUICE PLUS= CARES ABOUT KIDS NUTRITION!

]]> By: Aaron http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/11/senate-nutrition/comment-page-1#comment-9477 Aaron Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:26:08 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15487#comment-9477 Proper nutrition of children shouldn't be something that need congressional legislation to get right, though I believe this is a positive thing. Until we practice good nutrition in the home, kids will get their salts and sugars anyhow. The question should really be, why do we a nation of consumers keep buying these ridiculous unhealthy things (I dare not call it food) for our kids just because companies market it to them? Proper nutrition of children shouldn’t be something that need congressional legislation to get right, though I believe this is a positive thing. Until we practice good nutrition in the home, kids will get their salts and sugars anyhow. The question should really be, why do we a nation of consumers keep buying these ridiculous unhealthy things (I dare not call it food) for our kids just because companies market it to them?

]]> By: katrina monsees http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/11/senate-nutrition/comment-page-1#comment-9442 katrina monsees Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:00:36 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15487#comment-9442 @Mark - yeah, why help poor children not get diabetes!? I have to wonder what kind of person would be against such legislation. People like you are truly baffling to me. @Mark – yeah, why help poor children not get diabetes!? I have to wonder what kind of person would be against such legislation. People like you are truly baffling to me.

]]> By: Mark http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/11/senate-nutrition/comment-page-1#comment-9431 Mark Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:22 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15487#comment-9431 Fantastic, Why not take some of my extra gun locks and adapt them to fit the soda machines! Not only will it make them safer it will slim the lil ones down too! "God bless the Commonwealth" Fantastic,

Why not take some of my extra gun locks and adapt them to fit the soda machines! Not only will it make them safer it will slim the lil ones down too!

“God bless the Commonwealth”

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