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"School Food Environments and Practices Affect Dietary Behaviors of US Public School Children" in Journal of the American Dietetic Association (2009)
"To improve children's diet and reduce obesity continued changes to school food environments and practices are essential. Removing sugar-sweetened beverages from school food stores and snack bars, improving à la carte choices, and reducing the frequency of offering french fries merit testing as strategies to reduce energy from low-nutrient, energy-dense foods at school."

Free for all:  fixing school food in America by Janet Poppendieck
"What about the toxic burden from pesticides and fertilizers used in the production of the preponderance of fruits and vegetables served in schools that are not organically grown?  What about the hormones in the milk and meat?  What about the unknown consequences of ingesting modeified organisms (GMOs)?" (p. 132)


Lunch Wars: How to Start a School Food Revolution and Win the Battle for Our Children's Health,
 Amy Kalafa (2011) [preview with no page numbers]
"I hadn't actually been in a public school lunchroom in years, so one of the first places I filmed was my daughter-s middle school cafeteria.  Reading the labels on the many packaged products for sale confirmed my worst suspicons:  the school cfeteria was a microcosm of American fake food culture.  Healthy-sounding products like Nutri-Grain bars had high fructose corn syrup listed as one of the first ingredients (well hidden under a foil flap that you had to fold down to read the tiny print!).  The low-fat yogurt also had high fructose corn syrup, aspartame (artifical sweetener), artificial flavoring, and coloring.  ... I was truly shocked to discover that she had been purchasing fries, Rice Krispies Treats, Pop-Tarts, and soft drinks on a daily basis."
"For years, I lived in denial, thinking that my kids were immune to all the advertising and promotion because we ate well at home.  When I went to the middle school cafeteria to film there and learned that my daughter had been eating junk food nearly every day, I realized that the school was actually encouraging this behavior, making junk food socially acceptable.  Although they were teaching so-called proper nutrition in health class, the message in the cafeteria was 'anything goes'.  A conversation with the school's then-superintendent confirmed that indeed, he found no contradiction in the messaging because, he insisted, it was not the school district's responsibility to feed the kids, just to educate them."


"Case Study: Aphthous Ulcers in a 14-Year-Old Girl" in Continuing Nursing Education (2011)
"Briana is unable to associate any particular foods with abdominal discomfort or diarrhea. She usually enjoys a varied diet. She has not been treated with antibiotics in the past year. Her mother denies any foreign travel. The family usually eats at a restaurant once every 2 weeks, and Briana eats lunch prepared by the school cafeteria." [Italics mind.]