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Packing frugal, healthy school lunches is no more difficult than stuffing a Lunchables in your student's backpack.

The Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine calls for reform of the Child Nutrition Act - "President Obama's daughters get healthy school lunches. Why don't I?"

Parents often struggle with ideas for packing school lunches that are healthy and appealing to kids. Using a theme makes it easy to pack a fun and healthy lunch box.

If your child is hungry throughout the school day, how will they concentrate on their course work? Give your child the fuel they need to stay focused.

Looking for money saving way to prepare school lunch for your kids? Skip pre-packaged meals and create pizza kits, veggie platters and healthy (but yummy) snacks.

If you are tired of brown bagging your lunch, take a moment to read these tips on how to bring a quick, fast, and healthy brown bag lunch to school.

At a time when schools are focusing on socially responsible activities among students and encouraging environmentalism, the lunch menu in most schools remains unhealthy.

Packing a lunch for a child in school can be a healthy and tasty way to ensure kids are getting proper nutrition during their mid-day meal.

These creative sandwich ideas use minimal ingredients and are easy to make.

Food and beverage lunch bag packing tips to be taken, so that a packed lunch can be accessible for little hands and a meal at school can be easily eaten and enjoyed.

Transform "ordinary" sack lunches into a fun and tasty meal grade schoolers will look forward to eating by swapping the traditional sandwich for meals with more pizzazz.

The Farm to School Program works to reverse the trend of "feeding our children to death" by connecting schools with local farms and educating children with healthy food.

Launched decades ago, the United States National Lunch Program has made many positive changes, but not enough to stop its contribution towards childhood obesity.

Try some new twists on old favorites for your kids and their peers with these tasty, kid-pleasing sandwich recipes.

Send the kids back-to-school with these cool lunchbox ideas--these treats will be the envy of all your child's table mates.

Tips for preparing school lunches that are healthful, economical and environmentally friendly.

Send your children to school, or your husband or wife to work, with a healthy lunch that will make them smile and surprise them daily by following a these simple ideas.

Lunchtime at school is not just about eating. It is a rejuvenation, reflection and social time, and can be a comforting connection to home.

These creative lunch options are ideal for health and budget conscious families.

Parents need to pack healthy school lunches as food eaten at school contributes significantly to their children's daily nutrient intake.

Parents feel pressured into buying fast, convenient, packaged food for their children. This article provides some alternative suggestions.

While an increasing number of children become vegetarians and vegans, parents seek ideas for well-balanced school lunches.

A little creativity goes a long way in making sure children's lunches contain all the nutrition they need.

What do Japanese cartoons, good nutrition, and beautifully prepared school lunchboxes have in common? Manga! These simple recipes are fun to make and yummy to eat.

By incorporating the Montessori philosophies of respect of nature and sense of community, a healthy school lunch can evolve from a new approach to healthy eating.

Children who plan, shop for and prepare their own lunches are more likely to eat them. Parents can follow two simple steps to help kids pack their own lunchboxes.

Brown-bagging-it does not have to be dull - make healthy and interesting lunches for your child to eat during the school day!

Growing popularity of a traditional Japanese style of packed meals is making lunch at work or school better for the environment and health, cheaper and more enjoyable.

At the beginning of every school year, parents around the world have one thought in common: How can I convince my child to eat their lunch?

Bento lunchboxes like the Laptop Lunch are an alternative to the brown bag for making kids' lunches that are fun, nutritionally sound, and environmentally friendly.

Getting healthy food into your child's lunch can be challenge... especially foods that your child will eat.

Fun and easy to make, this Mediterranean staple is a nutritious alternative to an ordinary sandwich, sure to please the pickiest eater.

Pita, Sushi, and Wraps and everything in between; it's an Alphabet Guide to back to school food.

Jewish children often take lunches to school during Passover because of the holiday's many food restrictions. Those meals can be exciting, instead of something to dread.

In recent years, many schools have taken to banning peanuts from their campuses.

The Missoula, Montana Farm to School program brings locally grown fruit and vegetables into school meal programs and educates children about where their food comes from.

With Child Nutrition Day on October 16, 2009, perhaps now is a good time to reexamine what's being fed to the nation's children as part of school lunch programs.

Using dinner leftovers for lunch is economical and saves time, but often bores tastesbuds. With simple additions, leftovers can be made to seem like brand new meals.

A former teacher has invented a chair that makes it impossible for students to rock chairs and injure themselves. See this chair and learn about other school hazards.

Trying to pack a healthy meal in a child's lunch box? A truly healthy lunch is also a germ free one. Here are some useful lunch box safety tips for parents.

Wyoming came out of the snack closet last week to reveal their program to make residents healthier by reporting student Body Mass Index (BMI) Scores on report cards!

Involve your kids and make lunchtime a hit. Shake up a boring old lunch with these suggestions, or get creative and invent your own.

Food safety, children's involvement in lunch preparation and teacher's help are things to consider to make a successful school lunchbox.

Back to school means establishing and following routines to make everything flow smoothly. Here are simple organizing ideas to ensure that school time is managed easily.

I've included all my breakfast, lunch and brunch recipes anything that's not a full blown meal. I've also got my muffin recipes here.

School starts next week! For lunchboxes, this is the perfect cookie.

Maybe there's no free lunch, but we don't have to suffer instant soup. This easy recipe packs nutritious burrito lunches for a week at the office or school.

This easy Southwestern-style black bean & corn salad shines with brightly colored, antioxidant-packed veggies. It makes a great, cheap vegan lunch or side dish.

Food dyes could be a contributing factor in hyperactive behavior. Other factors also contribute to ADHD behaviors. What are they?

Packing a lunchbox with healthy foods will allow a parent to oversee the nutritional value of meals while ensuring the child will eat the provided meal.