The Issues
What are kids eating at school?
Taking aim at expanding waistlines and the health risks that grow with them, new state nutrition laws that went into effect at the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year carved fat and calories from school cafeterias, stores and vending machines.
What are the schools doing about obesity?
Children need consistent messages about food, exercise and how both affect their health, experts say.
What is the school nurse doing?
The number of students who require insulin injections during the school day in the Bakersfield City School District has quadrupled in two years, according to Debbie Wood, the district’s health coordinator.
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