![]() In Louisiana, the land of Cajun cooking, nutrition students at Louisiana State University celebrate National Nutrition Month by holding a spice drive. ![]() Speaking to the Burbank Leader, the school district’s consulting director of food services Ralph Peschek said, “We offer them choices, and we encourage them to choose what they want rather than what adults think they want.” Under this “A-to-Z” initiative, each day the school’s cafeteria staff puts out several fruit and vegetable choices that correspond to the letters in the alphabet. In March 2008, the Burbank Unified School District north of Los Angeles initiated an “A-to-Z Salad Bar” program, giving students more choices of fruit and vegetable than are normally available. Nutrition Month in Schools and Colleges With child obesity becoming a serious health issue in the country, National Nutrition Month is also an appropriate opportunity for schools to emphasize healthful eating to students and parents alike. The United States armed forces, with its more than 1.3 million active-duty personnel, also schedules Nutrition Month activities during March, providing vast arrays of information including a “Barracks Dweller Shopping List” of healthful foods and a guide to “Healthy Eating in DOD Lodging.”. ![]()
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