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Teaching healthy life skills to youth is a gift that will last a lifetime. It can be a lot of fun too!

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources researchers and educators continue to fight increases in childhood obesity rates. Childhood obesity is linked to many lifelong health problems. If left unchecked these problems have the potential to reverse life...

Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 8:34 AM

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Author: Chris M. Webb

Tags: childhood nutrition (2), obesity (19), Youth Development (1)

Lunch ladies deserve the nation's support

The lunch lady at Cabrillo Middle School in Ventura, Calif., delivered the best commencement speech I’ve ever heard. In mid-June, Rita Pisani, whose passion is nourishing the bodies and spirits of people by preparing and serving them good food, spoke to...

Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 6:42 AM

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Author: Rose Hayden-Smith

Tags: childhood nutrition (2), school (7), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (3), USDA (7), Ventura Unified (1)