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Health professionals weigh and measure the kids who participate in the study, so researchers are not relying on self-reports from parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study echoes findings from last November, when the CDC \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2015/11/13/455862562/despite-encouragement-to-eat-better-obesity-still-rises-among-u-s-adults\">released\u003c/a> numbers pointing to the stubborn rate of obesity among U.S. adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skinner says she hopes these findings don't overshadow the success stories out there. Certainly, there are many promising efforts aimed at helping people make healthier choices. There's also more attention on preventing obesity among primary care doctors and pediatricians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If we take a multi-pronged approach, we may start to see some declines,\" says Skinner. But so far, she says these messages — and public health interventions aimed at helping — \"are not reaching everybody.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say a multi-pronged approach is needed to reverse the epidemic, and there are many efforts underway that show promise in nudging Americans' lifestyle choices in a healthier direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we've \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/07/31/207285165/more-moms-are-breastfeeding-but-many-babies-still-miss-out\">reported\u003c/a>, there's been an increase in the number of moms breastfeeding their infants as the results of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/promotion/\">support programs\u003c/a> in hospitals nationwide. These efforts may lower the risk of obesity. And the overhaul of school lunch has shown promise in promoting better eating habits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And municipalities, health providers and employers across the country have introduced all sorts of initiatives to encourage healthier lifestyles. Some doctors are even \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/07/24/205124705/nyc-doctors-are-now-prescribing-fruits-and-veggies\">prescribing fruits and vegetables\u003c/a> for their patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, as we reported back in 2013, pediatricians say they're much more assertive about obesity-prevention efforts than they were a decade ago. \"It used to be a very awkward, embarrassing conversation to have [with overweight families],\" \u003ca href=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/provider/mdesler\">Dr. Margaret Desler\u003c/a>, a pediatrician with Kaiser Permanente, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/08/06/209213524/falling-obesity-rates-among-preschoolers-mark-healthful-trend\">told us\u003c/a> in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that's changing. Desler told us she charted kids' \u003ca href=\"http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/BMI/bmicalc.htm\">body mass indexes\u003c/a>, or BMIs, at every visit and talked with patients and their families about their eating and exercise habits. \"It just opens up communication lines,\" Desler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So there are lots of efforts underway aimed at getting people to think anew about their daily habits. As \u003ca href=\"http://healthpolicy.stanford.edu/people/thomas_n_robinson\">Dr. Tom Robinson\u003c/a> at Stanford University told us in 2013, \"small changes can magnify into large improvements in health\" over time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A new study finds 33 percent of American children between 2 and 19 are overweight, and 17 percent are obese. But researchers say they hope the findings don't overshadow the success stories out there.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1461687948,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":595},"headData":{"title":"Plateau But No Decline: Child Obesity Rates Hold Steady | KQED","description":"A new study finds 33 percent of American children between 2 and 19 are overweight, and 17 percent are obese. 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And \u003ca href=\"http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/issue_briefs/2013/rwjf401163\">case studies\u003c/a> in cities including Kearney, Neb., Vance, N.C., and New York , N.Y., have reported progress, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a \u003ca href=\"http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oby.21518/abstract\">new study\u003c/a> published in the journal \u003cem>Obesity \u003c/em>concludes that — though the prevalence of obesity among U.S. children has plateaued in recent years — there is no indication of a national decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you look at the long-term from 1999 to 2014, we see a pretty consistent increase in obesity across all-aged children,\" says study author \u003ca href=\"https://medicine.duke.edu/faculty/asheley-cockrell-skinner-phd\">Asheley Cockrell Skinner\u003c/a>, a researcher at the Duke Clinical Research Institute at Duke University. And she points to a continued increase in the rate of severe, or morbid, obesity among teens, which rose from 6 percent in 1999 to about 10 percent in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the study, which is based on NHANES data — a nationally representative survey and study on nutrition and health — 33 percent of children between the ages of 2 and 19 are overweight, and 17 percent are obese. Skinner says the estimates are reliable, in part because of the way the data is collected. Health professionals weigh and measure the kids who participate in the study, so researchers are not relying on self-reports from parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study echoes findings from last November, when the CDC \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2015/11/13/455862562/despite-encouragement-to-eat-better-obesity-still-rises-among-u-s-adults\">released\u003c/a> numbers pointing to the stubborn rate of obesity among U.S. adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skinner says she hopes these findings don't overshadow the success stories out there. Certainly, there are many promising efforts aimed at helping people make healthier choices. 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And the overhaul of school lunch has shown promise in promoting better eating habits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And municipalities, health providers and employers across the country have introduced all sorts of initiatives to encourage healthier lifestyles. Some doctors are even \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/07/24/205124705/nyc-doctors-are-now-prescribing-fruits-and-veggies\">prescribing fruits and vegetables\u003c/a> for their patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, as we reported back in 2013, pediatricians say they're much more assertive about obesity-prevention efforts than they were a decade ago. \"It used to be a very awkward, embarrassing conversation to have [with overweight families],\" \u003ca href=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/provider/mdesler\">Dr. Margaret Desler\u003c/a>, a pediatrician with Kaiser Permanente, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/08/06/209213524/falling-obesity-rates-among-preschoolers-mark-healthful-trend\">told us\u003c/a> in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that's changing. Desler told us she charted kids' \u003ca href=\"http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/BMI/bmicalc.htm\">body mass indexes\u003c/a>, or BMIs, at every visit and talked with patients and their families about their eating and exercise habits. \"It just opens up communication lines,\" Desler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So there are lots of efforts underway aimed at getting people to think anew about their daily habits. As \u003ca href=\"http://healthpolicy.stanford.edu/people/thomas_n_robinson\">Dr. Tom Robinson\u003c/a> at Stanford University told us in 2013, \"small changes can magnify into large improvements in health\" over time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/108930/plateau-but-no-decline-child-obesity-rates-hold-steady","authors":["byline_bayareabites_108930"],"categories":["bayareabites_1245"],"tags":["bayareabites_10019"],"featImg":"bayareabites_108931","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_82597":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_82597","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"82597","score":null,"sort":[1401241829000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"first-lady-fights-to-keep-healthful-school-lunch-law-intact","title":"First Lady Fights To Keep Healthful School Lunch Law Intact","publishDate":1401241829,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82598\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2566px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/ap12021004794-7164049fa8023937f5a9f5615c1148272723155e.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/ap12021004794-7164049fa8023937f5a9f5615c1148272723155e.jpg\" alt=\"First lady Michelle Obama has been doing a lot of high-fiving with schoolchildren like these in Dallas to promote healthful lifestyles. Now she's diving more deeply into the politics of school lunch. Photo: LM Otero/AP\" width=\"2566\" height=\"1923\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82598\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">First lady Michelle Obama has been doing a lot of high-fiving with schoolchildren like these in Dallas to promote healthful lifestyles. Now she's diving more deeply into the politics of school lunch. Photo: LM Otero/AP\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the Story\u003c/strong> on \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/05/27/316457427/first-lady-fights-to-keep-healthy-school-lunch-law-intact\">All Things Considered\u003c/a> [audio src=\"http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2014/05/20140527_atc_flotus_on_school_lunch_fight.mp3\"] \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>by \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/people/122805042/tamara-keith\">Tamara Keith\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/05/27/316457427/first-lady-fights-to-keep-healthy-school-lunch-law-intact\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (5/27/14)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First lady Michelle Obama is by far one of the most popular political figures in America, because she's largely avoided appearing too political — instead devoting much of her attention to encouraging good nutrition and healthful lifestyles for America's children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that cause has run head-on into a congressional fight over stalling some of the nutritional gains of the school lunch program, which she helped put in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Obama sees it, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/healthy-hunger-free-kids-act\">Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act\u003c/a> of 2010 is working. Childhood obesity has begun to tick down, and kids are eating more fruits and vegetables in their school cafeterias and choosing whole grains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're starting to move the curve on this,\" she said at a meeting near the White House Tuesday.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first lady met with school nutrition directors from districts that like the new menu standards. And she's launching a campaign to defeat congressional efforts to offer districts waivers or change the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to be willing to fight the hard fight now. This is what I tell myself. In 10 or 20 years I don't want to look back with regret and think that we gave up on our kids because we felt like this thing was too hard or too expensive. We owe our kids way more than that,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, it's complicated. As we \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/05/21/lawmakers-seek-delay-on-healthy-lunch-rules-for-schools/\">reported\u003c/a> last week, the food industry and Republicans in Congress are looking to roll back some of the healthful menu changes, or at least delay them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a House appropriations subcommittee hearing last week, Alabama Republican Robert Aderholt introduced a provision to give some districts a temporary waiver from the lunch rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I continually hear from my schools in Alabama about the challenges and costs they are facing and their desperation for flexibility and relief so that they can operate a [school meal] program serving healthy foods the kids will eat,\" he said. The full committee is expected to vote on the measure later this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jean Ronnei, a chief operations officer for the St. Paul (Minn.) Public Schools, is facing challenges. She says currently half of all grains served in her district's cafeterias have to be whole grains. But soon, that will jump to 100 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We would like some flexibility to offer some items that might not be whole grain,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronnei is also vice president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.schoolnutrition.org/\">School Nutrition Association\u003c/a>. That group represents school food administrators and also gets money from food service companies. She says schools in the South are struggling to figure out whole grain biscuits or grits. Flour tortillas are a problem, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've got a lot of students that are coming to us that are used to having white rice, basmati rice, white tortilla shells. And while it's certainly something to be able to offer whole grains, it would be nice to once in a while offer things that students are more accustomed to,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she says there's another problem with the current rules — kids just don't want to eat their vegetables. But now, schools are required to make students take at least one serving of fruits or vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So what might happen is if it's not a popular item then it goes in the trash can, once they've gone through the cashier line,\" Ronnei says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2014 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Michelle Obama's fight to help kids eat more healthfully and fight obesity is about to get real. She's launching a campaign Tuesday to fight congressional efforts to delay new school food rules.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1401241829,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":20,"wordCount":640},"headData":{"title":"First Lady Fights To Keep Healthful School Lunch Law Intact | KQED","description":"Michelle Obama's fight to help kids eat more healthfully and fight obesity is about to get real. 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Childhood obesity has begun to tick down, and kids are eating more fruits and vegetables in their school cafeterias and choosing whole grains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're starting to move the curve on this,\" she said at a meeting near the White House Tuesday.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first lady met with school nutrition directors from districts that like the new menu standards. And she's launching a campaign to defeat congressional efforts to offer districts waivers or change the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to be willing to fight the hard fight now. This is what I tell myself. In 10 or 20 years I don't want to look back with regret and think that we gave up on our kids because we felt like this thing was too hard or too expensive. We owe our kids way more than that,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, it's complicated. As we \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/05/21/lawmakers-seek-delay-on-healthy-lunch-rules-for-schools/\">reported\u003c/a> last week, the food industry and Republicans in Congress are looking to roll back some of the healthful menu changes, or at least delay them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a House appropriations subcommittee hearing last week, Alabama Republican Robert Aderholt introduced a provision to give some districts a temporary waiver from the lunch rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I continually hear from my schools in Alabama about the challenges and costs they are facing and their desperation for flexibility and relief so that they can operate a [school meal] program serving healthy foods the kids will eat,\" he said. The full committee is expected to vote on the measure later this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jean Ronnei, a chief operations officer for the St. Paul (Minn.) Public Schools, is facing challenges. She says currently half of all grains served in her district's cafeterias have to be whole grains. But soon, that will jump to 100 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We would like some flexibility to offer some items that might not be whole grain,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronnei is also vice president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.schoolnutrition.org/\">School Nutrition Association\u003c/a>. That group represents school food administrators and also gets money from food service companies. She says schools in the South are struggling to figure out whole grain biscuits or grits. Flour tortillas are a problem, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've got a lot of students that are coming to us that are used to having white rice, basmati rice, white tortilla shells. And while it's certainly something to be able to offer whole grains, it would be nice to once in a while offer things that students are more accustomed to,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she says there's another problem with the current rules — kids just don't want to eat their vegetables. But now, schools are required to make students take at least one serving of fruits or vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So what might happen is if it's not a popular item then it goes in the trash can, once they've gone through the cashier line,\" Ronnei says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2014 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/82597/first-lady-fights-to-keep-healthful-school-lunch-law-intact","authors":["byline_bayareabites_82597"],"categories":["bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_10916","bayareabites_2035","bayareabites_34"],"tags":["bayareabites_10019","bayareabites_9530","bayareabites_13410","bayareabites_13411","bayareabites_2613","bayareabites_450","bayareabites_10921"],"featImg":"bayareabites_82598","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_82385":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_82385","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"82385","score":null,"sort":[1400699486000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"lawmakers-seek-delay-on-healthy-lunch-rules-for-schools","title":"Lawmakers Seek Delay on Healthy Lunch Rules for Schools","publishDate":1400699486,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82386\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2728px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/ap786642362258-1-0b5d627c2e62a9ca3e3005db39dc3a75953ee2e7.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/ap786642362258-1-0b5d627c2e62a9ca3e3005db39dc3a75953ee2e7.jpg\" alt=\"Some schools say they're having a tough time implementing new nutrition rules requiring more whole grains, more veggies and less fat. Photo: Toby Talbot/AP\" width=\"2728\" height=\"2045\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82386\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some schools say they're having a tough time implementing new nutrition rules requiring more whole grains, more veggies and less fat. Photo: Toby Talbot/AP\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Post by Allion Aubrey, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/05/20/313983587/lawmakers-seek-delay-on-healthy-lunch-rules-for-schools\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (5/21/2014)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How hard can it be for school cafeterias to swap white bread for whole-grain tortillas, cut sodium, and nudge kids to put more fruit and vegetables on their trays?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tougher than you might imagine, according to some schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://journaltimes.com/news/local/waterford-school-districts-drop-federal-lunch-program/article_a67dcee0-b348-11e3-9b4e-0019bb2963f4.html\">Waterford school district\u003c/a> in Wisconsin to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Lunch-fails-many-students-4230626.php\">Voorheesville school district\u003c/a> in New York to \u003ca href=\"http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/05/08/suburban-school-district-might-drop-out-of-federal-lunch-program/\">Arlington Heights\u003c/a> in Illinois, schools have complained that the healthy school lunch standards that became law in 2012 are just too challenging. They say they need more time to figure out how to limit calories and fat, and get more veggies on every plate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some lawmakers agree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congressional Republicans in charge of funding the school lunch program are proposing a \u003ca href=\"http://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/bills-113hr-sc-ap-fy2015-agriculture-subcommitteedraft.pdf\">waiver\u003c/a> that would give schools a one-year reprieve from the standards if they are operating at a net loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The School Nutrition Association, which represents school food administrators and is supported by food service manufacturers, wants the waiver. The SNA estimates that about 1 million fewer students participated in the school lunch program last year — in part due to the new federal requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A temporary waiver would ease the burden on school meal programs, preventing more schools from dropping out of the National School Lunch Program altogether,\" SNA President Leah Schmidt writes in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.schoolnutrition.org/Blog2.aspx?id=20446&blogid=564\">release\u003c/a> supporting the waiver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, the SNA is asking Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to relax some new regulations — such as the requirement that students must take a fruit or vegetable as part of a meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Forcing students to take a food they don't want on their tray has led to increased program costs, plate waste, and a decline in student participation,\" the SNA writes in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.schoolnutrition.org/uploadedFiles/School_Nutrition/11_News/protect%20school%20meals.pdf?n=729\">statement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SNA says it's asking for more flexibility, but some consumer health advocates are critical of the proposed changes. Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest says \"really they are asking Congress to significantly roll back standards.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"By allowing school districts to opt out of school nutrition standards, House Republicans are opening up the floodgates to let all the old junk food back into schools, while crowding out the fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that have been gaining ground in the program,\" Wootan adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alabama Republican Robert Aderholt, chairman of the House agriculture subcommittee, disagrees. \"I continually hear from my schools in Alabama about the challenges and costs they are facing and their desperation for flexibility and relief so that they can operate a [school meal] program serving healthy foods the kids will eat,\" he \u003ca href=\"http://ofwlaw.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/chairman-aderholt-opening-statement-fy-2015-subcommittee-markup.pdf\">said\u003c/a> in opening remarks at a hearing Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USDA has said in the past that it doesn't have the authority to grant a waiver on the standards, but today announced it could grant schools more flexibility on one of them — the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/WholeGrainResource.pdf\">requirement\u003c/a> to increase the amount of whole grains in pasta products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, half of all products served must be \"whole-grain rich,\" which USDA defines as products made of at least 50 percent whole grain. By the start of the next school year, the law says schools must use only products that are whole-grain rich.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year, USDA heard feedback from some schools suggesting that certain whole-grain-rich pastas were falling apart. \"Some of the available products, such as lasagna and elbow noodles, degraded easily during preparation and service and were difficult to use in larger-scale cooking operations,\" a press \u003ca href=\"http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2014/05/0097.xml&navid=NEWS_RELEASE&navtype=RT&parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&edeployment_action=retrievecontent\">release\u003c/a> from the department says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the USDA is offering a two-year extension for schools that can \"demonstrate significant challenges in serving whole-grain rich pastas\" to continue serving \"traditional enriched pasta products\" for up to two more years as the food industry develops better whole-grain pasta products for schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the challenges, 90 percent of schools are meeting the nutrition standards established in 2012, USDA says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a group focused on ending childhood obesity, points to several \u003ca href=\"https://schools.healthiergeneration.org/resources__tools/success_stories/2013/01/24/688/report_from_the_field_creative_strategies_help_ensure_school_meal_success/\">success stories\u003c/a> at schools around the country — like the eight new veggie-based soups on offer at Dover High School in Delaware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As we soon close out the school year, we should be celebrating — not rolling back — the great progress that schools have made toward implementing the USDA's school nutrition standards,\" Howell Wechsler of the alliance \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthiergeneration.org/news__events/2014/05/20/928/reaffirming_our_commitment_to_school_nutrition_standards_and_student_health\">says\u003c/a> in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2014 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Some in Congress want to give schools more time to comply with a new law to limit calories and fat and add more veggies to meals. But nutrition advocates say it would roll back healthy gains for kids.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1400688869,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":765},"headData":{"title":"Lawmakers Seek Delay on Healthy Lunch Rules for Schools | KQED","description":"Some in Congress want to give schools more time to comply with a new law to limit calories and fat and add more veggies to meals. 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Photo: Toby Talbot/AP\" width=\"2728\" height=\"2045\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82386\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some schools say they're having a tough time implementing new nutrition rules requiring more whole grains, more veggies and less fat. Photo: Toby Talbot/AP\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Post by Allion Aubrey, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/05/20/313983587/lawmakers-seek-delay-on-healthy-lunch-rules-for-schools\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (5/21/2014)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How hard can it be for school cafeterias to swap white bread for whole-grain tortillas, cut sodium, and nudge kids to put more fruit and vegetables on their trays?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tougher than you might imagine, according to some schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://journaltimes.com/news/local/waterford-school-districts-drop-federal-lunch-program/article_a67dcee0-b348-11e3-9b4e-0019bb2963f4.html\">Waterford school district\u003c/a> in Wisconsin to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Lunch-fails-many-students-4230626.php\">Voorheesville school district\u003c/a> in New York to \u003ca href=\"http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/05/08/suburban-school-district-might-drop-out-of-federal-lunch-program/\">Arlington Heights\u003c/a> in Illinois, schools have complained that the healthy school lunch standards that became law in 2012 are just too challenging. They say they need more time to figure out how to limit calories and fat, and get more veggies on every plate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some lawmakers agree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congressional Republicans in charge of funding the school lunch program are proposing a \u003ca href=\"http://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/bills-113hr-sc-ap-fy2015-agriculture-subcommitteedraft.pdf\">waiver\u003c/a> that would give schools a one-year reprieve from the standards if they are operating at a net loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The School Nutrition Association, which represents school food administrators and is supported by food service manufacturers, wants the waiver. The SNA estimates that about 1 million fewer students participated in the school lunch program last year — in part due to the new federal requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A temporary waiver would ease the burden on school meal programs, preventing more schools from dropping out of the National School Lunch Program altogether,\" SNA President Leah Schmidt writes in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.schoolnutrition.org/Blog2.aspx?id=20446&blogid=564\">release\u003c/a> supporting the waiver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, the SNA is asking Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to relax some new regulations — such as the requirement that students must take a fruit or vegetable as part of a meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Forcing students to take a food they don't want on their tray has led to increased program costs, plate waste, and a decline in student participation,\" the SNA writes in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.schoolnutrition.org/uploadedFiles/School_Nutrition/11_News/protect%20school%20meals.pdf?n=729\">statement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SNA says it's asking for more flexibility, but some consumer health advocates are critical of the proposed changes. Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest says \"really they are asking Congress to significantly roll back standards.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"By allowing school districts to opt out of school nutrition standards, House Republicans are opening up the floodgates to let all the old junk food back into schools, while crowding out the fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that have been gaining ground in the program,\" Wootan adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alabama Republican Robert Aderholt, chairman of the House agriculture subcommittee, disagrees. \"I continually hear from my schools in Alabama about the challenges and costs they are facing and their desperation for flexibility and relief so that they can operate a [school meal] program serving healthy foods the kids will eat,\" he \u003ca href=\"http://ofwlaw.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/chairman-aderholt-opening-statement-fy-2015-subcommittee-markup.pdf\">said\u003c/a> in opening remarks at a hearing Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USDA has said in the past that it doesn't have the authority to grant a waiver on the standards, but today announced it could grant schools more flexibility on one of them — the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/WholeGrainResource.pdf\">requirement\u003c/a> to increase the amount of whole grains in pasta products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, half of all products served must be \"whole-grain rich,\" which USDA defines as products made of at least 50 percent whole grain. By the start of the next school year, the law says schools must use only products that are whole-grain rich.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year, USDA heard feedback from some schools suggesting that certain whole-grain-rich pastas were falling apart. \"Some of the available products, such as lasagna and elbow noodles, degraded easily during preparation and service and were difficult to use in larger-scale cooking operations,\" a press \u003ca href=\"http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2014/05/0097.xml&navid=NEWS_RELEASE&navtype=RT&parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&edeployment_action=retrievecontent\">release\u003c/a> from the department says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the USDA is offering a two-year extension for schools that can \"demonstrate significant challenges in serving whole-grain rich pastas\" to continue serving \"traditional enriched pasta products\" for up to two more years as the food industry develops better whole-grain pasta products for schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the challenges, 90 percent of schools are meeting the nutrition standards established in 2012, USDA says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a group focused on ending childhood obesity, points to several \u003ca href=\"https://schools.healthiergeneration.org/resources__tools/success_stories/2013/01/24/688/report_from_the_field_creative_strategies_help_ensure_school_meal_success/\">success stories\u003c/a> at schools around the country — like the eight new veggie-based soups on offer at Dover High School in Delaware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As we soon close out the school year, we should be celebrating — not rolling back — the great progress that schools have made toward implementing the USDA's school nutrition standards,\" Howell Wechsler of the alliance \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthiergeneration.org/news__events/2014/05/20/928/reaffirming_our_commitment_to_school_nutrition_standards_and_student_health\">says\u003c/a> in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2014 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/82385/lawmakers-seek-delay-on-healthy-lunch-rules-for-schools","authors":["byline_bayareabites_82385"],"categories":["bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_1246","bayareabites_10916","bayareabites_2035"],"tags":["bayareabites_1406","bayareabites_10019","bayareabites_450","bayareabites_8913","bayareabites_13267"],"featImg":"bayareabites_82386","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_82303":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_82303","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"82303","score":null,"sort":[1400521219000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"fed-up-portrays-obese-kids-as-victims-in-a-sugar-coated-world","title":"'Fed Up' Portrays Obese Kids as Victims in a Sugar-Coated World","publishDate":1400521219,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1241px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/fed-up-1-a2279d3cde041ad182a541f2d7f56ad295512794.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/fed-up-1-a2279d3cde041ad182a541f2d7f56ad295512794.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie Valentine, 12, is a child featured in the film Fed Up. Photo: YouTube\" width=\"1241\" height=\"931\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82304\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggie Valentine, 12, is a child featured in the film Fed Up. Photo: YouTube\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Post by Peggy Lowe, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/05/19/313156681/fed-up-another-food-documentary-war-wades-into-the-obesity-debate\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (5/19/2014)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just who's to blame for the childhood obesity epidemic? Over the years, the finger has been pointed at parents, video games, Happy Meals and the hamburgers in the school cafeteria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new documentary, \u003cem>Fed Up\u003c/em>, alleges it all boils down to simple substance most of us consume every day: sugar. The pushers of \"the new tobacco,\" according to the film, are the food industry and our own government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a mix of dramatic music, scary soundbites and powerful images of kids injecting insulin into their chubby tummies, \u003cem>Fed Up\u003c/em> argues the children are not to blame. For the rising number of overweight and obese kids, the mantra of \"eat less, move more\" is an impossible goal. They simply can't circumvent the onslaught of marketing that has made them into junk-food junkies, the film says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What if our whole approach to this epidemic has been dead wrong?\" the film's narrator, TV journalist Katie Couric, says in the film's opening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoping to do for childhood obesity what \u003cem>An Inconvenient Truth\u003c/em> did for climate change, \u003ca href=\"http://fedupmovie.com/#/page/home\">Fed Up\u003c/a> takes on the U.S. Department of Agriculture, First Lady Michelle Obama's \"Let's Move\" campaign and Big Food: Coca Cola, Nestle, Kraft, and Kellogg, to name a few. Laurie David, who produced the Oscar-winning \u003cem>An Inconvenient Truth\u003c/em>, is executive producer along with Couric; \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3253001/\">Stephanie Soechtig\u003c/a> is the director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film sometimes resorts to hyperbole to describe the obesity epidemic and its related health costs, but the message is backed up with sobering statistics and policies that got us here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-the-us-childhood-obesity-is-a-heavy-burden/\">Childhood obesity rates\u003c/a> have grown exponentially in the past 30 years. And they've tracked with the huge increase in sugar added to packaged food to make it \"hyper-palatable,\" as one scientist says, during the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/03/28/295332576/why-we-got-fatter-during-the-fat-free-food-boom\">low-fat craze\u003c/a> of the 1980s and 1990s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the while, the food and beverage lobby spent millions winning political battle after political battle to defend their place in the market, as Reuters \u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/us-usa-foodlobby-idUSBRE83Q0ED20120427\">reported\u003c/a> in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film features scientist-doctors like \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/03/02/sugars-role-in-rise-of-diabetes-gets-clearer\">Robert Lustig\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/04/15/wheres-the-whole-grain-in-most-of-our-wheat-bread/\">David Ludwig\u003c/a>, and real food advocates like Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle and Mark Bittman. Couric also takes Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to task, as well as former President Bill Clinton, for failing to combat the problem during his administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the film's true stars are several overweight children who are trying – and failing – to lose weight. It's heartbreaking to watch as the kids tape private video diaries of their struggles, with fears of death and tears of frustration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want people to know that childhood obesity isn't as simple as TV and press make it seem ... and even Mrs. Obama,\" says a tearful Maggie Valentine, a 12-year-old girl who weighs more than 200 pounds. \"No matter how hard you try, it's always going to be an ongoing battle.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The food industry, which got a lashing from the film \u003cem>Food, Inc.\u003c/em>, is already fighting the message of\u003cem> Fed Up\u003c/em>, despite its still limited release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loudest cry is coming from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which has launched a website called \u003ca href=\"http://fedupfacts.com/\">Fed Up Facts\u003c/a> that mimics the plate-and-menu graphics of the documentary's website. It claims, among other things, that childhood obesity rates have dropped by as much as 43 percent, and obesity rates overall have plateaued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman for the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which is also the lead in \u003ca href=\"http://harvestpublicmedia.org/content/bill-bar-gmo-labeling-unveiled#.U3TkNyg3PZg\">fighting state's GMO labeling\u003c/a> efforts, did not respond to The Salt's request for comment on the film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodintegrity.org/\">Center for Food Integrity\u003c/a>, a Kansas City-based non-profit that gets funding from dairy, soybean, poultry and pork producers and companies like ConAgra, Monsanto and Tyson, is also preparing to battle the message of \u003cem>Fed Up\u003c/em>. The group's \u003ca href=\"http://www.cfiengage.com/archive/post/documentary-fed-up\">talking points and social media tips\u003c/a> urge farmers to engage in what it calls \"values-based discussions about today's food system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terry Fleck, executive director of the Center for Food Integrity, tells The Salt that the film errs in singling out sugar as the culprit in childhood obesity. And many companies like Nestle and General Mills are already reducing sugar in products like breakfast cereals, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 724px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/fed-up-2-21d68d916c3da23b9edd062562a3223359a6781a.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/fed-up-2-21d68d916c3da23b9edd062562a3223359a6781a.jpg\" alt=\"A list of individuals and organizations who declined to be interviewed by the filmmakers of Fed Up. Photo: Courtesy of Radius TWC\" width=\"724\" height=\"543\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82305\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A list of individuals and organizations who declined to be interviewed by the filmmakers of Fed Up. Photo: Courtesy of Radius TWC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Obesity is this reality that we are consuming more calories than we are burning off and that's easy to do in our society,\" Fleck says. \"The reality is we are a society that's busy. We want convenience foods. We drive everywhere. We don't walk like others in other cultures.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.eatdrinkpolitics.com/\">Michele Simon\u003c/a>, a public health lawyer who appears in \u003cem>Fed Up\u003c/em>, says it's becoming increasingly common for companies to create \"front groups\" to try to help shape the public discourse. She \u003ca href=\"http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/front_groups_final_84531.pdfhttp:/www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/front_groups_final_84531.pdf\">names\u003c/a> the Center for Food Integrity as one such group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's going on here is that the food industry has a credibility problem,\" Simon says. \"So they funnel their money into these front groups that can look like they're doing this with the sheen of credibility — and sometimes even scientists — that are bringing the industry messages into the public discourse.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public discourse, Simon says, is finally questioning whether individuals are to blame when it comes to childhood obesity\u003cem>. Fed Up\u003c/em> will help that conversation, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film concludes with a list of the 20 companies, industry groups and politicians who refused to talk to the producers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Peggy Lowe is a reporter for \u003ca href=\"http://harvestpublicmedia.org/\">Harvest Public Media\u003c/a>. \u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2014 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A new documentary argues that the food industry and government policies have pushed too much sugar on children and caused the childhood obesity epidemic. But the industry says society is to blame.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1400518382,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":956},"headData":{"title":"'Fed Up' Portrays Obese Kids as Victims in a Sugar-Coated World | KQED","description":"A new documentary argues that the food industry and government policies have pushed too much sugar on children and caused the childhood obesity epidemic. But the industry says society is to blame.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"82303 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=82303","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/05/19/fed-up-portrays-obese-kids-as-victims-in-a-sugar-coated-world/","disqusTitle":"'Fed Up' Portrays Obese Kids as Victims in a Sugar-Coated World","nprByline":"Peggy Lowe","nprStoryId":"313156681","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=313156681&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/05/19/313156681/fed-up-another-food-documentary-war-wades-into-the-obesity-debate?ft=3&f=313156681","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Mon, 19 May 2014 12:09:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Mon, 19 May 2014 12:08:00 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Mon, 19 May 2014 12:09:42 -0400","path":"/bayareabites/82303/fed-up-portrays-obese-kids-as-victims-in-a-sugar-coated-world","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1241px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/fed-up-1-a2279d3cde041ad182a541f2d7f56ad295512794.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/fed-up-1-a2279d3cde041ad182a541f2d7f56ad295512794.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie Valentine, 12, is a child featured in the film Fed Up. Photo: YouTube\" width=\"1241\" height=\"931\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82304\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggie Valentine, 12, is a child featured in the film Fed Up. Photo: YouTube\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Post by Peggy Lowe, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/05/19/313156681/fed-up-another-food-documentary-war-wades-into-the-obesity-debate\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (5/19/2014)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just who's to blame for the childhood obesity epidemic? Over the years, the finger has been pointed at parents, video games, Happy Meals and the hamburgers in the school cafeteria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new documentary, \u003cem>Fed Up\u003c/em>, alleges it all boils down to simple substance most of us consume every day: sugar. The pushers of \"the new tobacco,\" according to the film, are the food industry and our own government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a mix of dramatic music, scary soundbites and powerful images of kids injecting insulin into their chubby tummies, \u003cem>Fed Up\u003c/em> argues the children are not to blame. For the rising number of overweight and obese kids, the mantra of \"eat less, move more\" is an impossible goal. They simply can't circumvent the onslaught of marketing that has made them into junk-food junkies, the film says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What if our whole approach to this epidemic has been dead wrong?\" the film's narrator, TV journalist Katie Couric, says in the film's opening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoping to do for childhood obesity what \u003cem>An Inconvenient Truth\u003c/em> did for climate change, \u003ca href=\"http://fedupmovie.com/#/page/home\">Fed Up\u003c/a> takes on the U.S. Department of Agriculture, First Lady Michelle Obama's \"Let's Move\" campaign and Big Food: Coca Cola, Nestle, Kraft, and Kellogg, to name a few. Laurie David, who produced the Oscar-winning \u003cem>An Inconvenient Truth\u003c/em>, is executive producer along with Couric; \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3253001/\">Stephanie Soechtig\u003c/a> is the director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film sometimes resorts to hyperbole to describe the obesity epidemic and its related health costs, but the message is backed up with sobering statistics and policies that got us here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-the-us-childhood-obesity-is-a-heavy-burden/\">Childhood obesity rates\u003c/a> have grown exponentially in the past 30 years. And they've tracked with the huge increase in sugar added to packaged food to make it \"hyper-palatable,\" as one scientist says, during the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/03/28/295332576/why-we-got-fatter-during-the-fat-free-food-boom\">low-fat craze\u003c/a> of the 1980s and 1990s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the while, the food and beverage lobby spent millions winning political battle after political battle to defend their place in the market, as Reuters \u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/us-usa-foodlobby-idUSBRE83Q0ED20120427\">reported\u003c/a> in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film features scientist-doctors like \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/03/02/sugars-role-in-rise-of-diabetes-gets-clearer\">Robert Lustig\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/04/15/wheres-the-whole-grain-in-most-of-our-wheat-bread/\">David Ludwig\u003c/a>, and real food advocates like Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle and Mark Bittman. Couric also takes Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to task, as well as former President Bill Clinton, for failing to combat the problem during his administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the film's true stars are several overweight children who are trying – and failing – to lose weight. It's heartbreaking to watch as the kids tape private video diaries of their struggles, with fears of death and tears of frustration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want people to know that childhood obesity isn't as simple as TV and press make it seem ... and even Mrs. Obama,\" says a tearful Maggie Valentine, a 12-year-old girl who weighs more than 200 pounds. \"No matter how hard you try, it's always going to be an ongoing battle.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The food industry, which got a lashing from the film \u003cem>Food, Inc.\u003c/em>, is already fighting the message of\u003cem> Fed Up\u003c/em>, despite its still limited release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loudest cry is coming from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which has launched a website called \u003ca href=\"http://fedupfacts.com/\">Fed Up Facts\u003c/a> that mimics the plate-and-menu graphics of the documentary's website. It claims, among other things, that childhood obesity rates have dropped by as much as 43 percent, and obesity rates overall have plateaued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman for the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which is also the lead in \u003ca href=\"http://harvestpublicmedia.org/content/bill-bar-gmo-labeling-unveiled#.U3TkNyg3PZg\">fighting state's GMO labeling\u003c/a> efforts, did not respond to The Salt's request for comment on the film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodintegrity.org/\">Center for Food Integrity\u003c/a>, a Kansas City-based non-profit that gets funding from dairy, soybean, poultry and pork producers and companies like ConAgra, Monsanto and Tyson, is also preparing to battle the message of \u003cem>Fed Up\u003c/em>. The group's \u003ca href=\"http://www.cfiengage.com/archive/post/documentary-fed-up\">talking points and social media tips\u003c/a> urge farmers to engage in what it calls \"values-based discussions about today's food system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terry Fleck, executive director of the Center for Food Integrity, tells The Salt that the film errs in singling out sugar as the culprit in childhood obesity. And many companies like Nestle and General Mills are already reducing sugar in products like breakfast cereals, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 724px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/fed-up-2-21d68d916c3da23b9edd062562a3223359a6781a.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/fed-up-2-21d68d916c3da23b9edd062562a3223359a6781a.jpg\" alt=\"A list of individuals and organizations who declined to be interviewed by the filmmakers of Fed Up. Photo: Courtesy of Radius TWC\" width=\"724\" height=\"543\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82305\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A list of individuals and organizations who declined to be interviewed by the filmmakers of Fed Up. Photo: Courtesy of Radius TWC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Obesity is this reality that we are consuming more calories than we are burning off and that's easy to do in our society,\" Fleck says. \"The reality is we are a society that's busy. We want convenience foods. We drive everywhere. We don't walk like others in other cultures.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.eatdrinkpolitics.com/\">Michele Simon\u003c/a>, a public health lawyer who appears in \u003cem>Fed Up\u003c/em>, says it's becoming increasingly common for companies to create \"front groups\" to try to help shape the public discourse. She \u003ca href=\"http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/front_groups_final_84531.pdfhttp:/www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/front_groups_final_84531.pdf\">names\u003c/a> the Center for Food Integrity as one such group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's going on here is that the food industry has a credibility problem,\" Simon says. \"So they funnel their money into these front groups that can look like they're doing this with the sheen of credibility — and sometimes even scientists — that are bringing the industry messages into the public discourse.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public discourse, Simon says, is finally questioning whether individuals are to blame when it comes to childhood obesity\u003cem>. Fed Up\u003c/em> will help that conversation, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film concludes with a list of the 20 companies, industry groups and politicians who refused to talk to the producers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Peggy Lowe is a reporter for \u003ca href=\"http://harvestpublicmedia.org/\">Harvest Public Media\u003c/a>. \u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2014 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/82303/fed-up-portrays-obese-kids-as-victims-in-a-sugar-coated-world","authors":["byline_bayareabites_82303"],"categories":["bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_1246","bayareabites_10916","bayareabites_2035","bayareabites_1593"],"tags":["bayareabites_10019","bayareabites_13391","bayareabites_13393","bayareabites_13392","bayareabites_8743","bayareabites_511"],"featImg":"bayareabites_82304","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_78569":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_78569","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"78569","score":null,"sort":[1393366496000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"new-rules-would-curb-how-kids-are-sold-junk-food-at-school","title":"New Rules Would Curb How Kids Are Sold Junk Food at School ","publishDate":1393366496,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_78570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1673px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/02/137701430_wide-758eab8ac35396904a7bc09538964228053b8f21.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/02/137701430_wide-758eab8ac35396904a7bc09538964228053b8f21.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Obama eats lunch with school children at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., in 2012. The first lady unveiled new guidelines Tuesday aimed at cracking down on the marketing of junk food to kids during the school day. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images\" width=\"1673\" height=\"941\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78570\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Obama eats lunch with school children at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., in 2012. The first lady unveiled new guidelines Tuesday aimed at cracking down on the marketing of junk food to kids during the school day. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Post by Maria Godoy, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/25/282507974/new-rules-would-curb-how-kids-are-sold-junk-food-at-school\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (2/25/2014)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to teach kids to adopt healthier eating habits, it's probably unwise to give them coupons for fast food chains at school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those advertisements for sugary sodas on the gymnasium scoreboard? Seems like another mixed message schools are sending kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's why the White House and U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed new \u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-04100.pdf\">school wellness guidelines\u003c/a> Tuesday aimed at cracking down on the widespread marketing of less-than-nutritious foods to kids on campus during the school day. Even though 90 percent of school districts are now meeting the overhauled nutrition \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/01/03/259425775/let-them-eat-sandwiches-usda-eases-school-lunch-restrictions\">standards for school lunches\u003c/a>, students are still being flooded with advertising for junk food in schools, according to first lady Michelle Obama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The idea here is simple: Our classrooms should be healthy places where kids aren't bombarded with ads for junk food,\" said Obama, who joined USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to announce the guidelines. \"Because when parents are working hard to teach their kids healthy habits at home, their work shouldn't be undone by unhealthy messages at school,\" she added in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that messaging is everywhere: Food and beverage companies spent $149 million to market their products in schools in 2009, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Advertising for sodas and other sugary drinks accounted for more than \u003ca href=\"http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/resources/upload/docs/what/advertising/Marketing_in_Schools_JAMA_Pediatrics_1.14.pdf\">90 percent\u003c/a> of this spending, followed by fast food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beverage companies used to sell a lot of sodas in schools. Nowadays, their vending machines are selling juice and water instead. Even so, critics note, the same companies are still selling directly to kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, nearly two-thirds of elementary-school kids receive coupons for fast food at school through programs such as Pizza Hut's Book It! Program, which uses pizza as a reading incentive, according to \u003ca href=\"http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1812294\">a study\u003c/a> published last month in \u003cem>JAMA Pediatrics\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed rules would limit such exposure by allowing only ads and marketing in schools for foods that meet the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/01/170858564/carrot-juice-instead-of-coke-usda-proposes-new-school-snack-rules\">Smart Snacks in Schools\u003c/a> nutrition guidelines. Those standards, which are set to go in effect in the 2014-2015 school year, stem from the 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act. They aim to boost the healthfulness of foods sold through vending machines, snack bars and a la carte in cafeterias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the stricter guidelines, vending machines branded with Coke or Pepsi images would no longer be allowed in schools. Same goes for branding for sugary drinks and snacks on posters and cups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The snack rules set limits for how much fat, sugar and sodium snacks can contain. But they only apply during the school day. So foods sold at after-school games, for instance, would be exempt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday's announcement comes as the first lady's Let's Move! Initiative to combat childhood obesity marks its fourth anniversary this month. Advocates for limiting food marketing to kids hailed the announcement as an important step forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Given the high rates of childhood obesity and children's poor diets, it doesn't make sense to advertise and market unhealthy food to children at all, much less in schools,\" Margo Wootan, nutrition policy director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cspinet.org/new/201402251.html\">statement\u003c/a>. \"Parents know from experience, and studies show, that food marketing affects kids' food preferences, food choices and health.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others applauded the new guidelines but worried that they didn't go far enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, the new rules wouldn't ban charity events linked to fast food chains such as McCare nights — fundraisers in which students and their parents are encouraged to eat at their local McDonald's. The franchise then donates a portion of sales to the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We'd love to see the Let's Move! campaign take on this predatory marketing to kids that happens across the board,\" says\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Sriram Madhusoodanan, a senior organizer with Corporate Accountability International, a watchdog group that has been calling on McDonald's to stop such marketing to kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, it's still unclear just how the guidelines, which have yet to be finalized, will be applied. In part, that's because schools will be given leeway to decide for themselves what constitutes unacceptable marketing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the Associated Press \u003ca href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/rules-limit-marketing-unhealthy-food-schools-22659127?page=2\">reports\u003c/a> that the rules will make some exemptions for big infrastructure costs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\"That scoreboard advertising Coca-Cola, for example, wouldn't have to be immediately torn down. But the school would have to get one with a healthier message the next time it was replaced.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Also announced Tuesday: An expansion of efforts to feed hungry kids through school. Starting on July 1, more than 22,000 schools nationwide serving mostly low-income kids will be allowed to serve all students free breakfasts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Right now, millions of children in this country are showing up to school hungry every day,\" the first lady said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we recently \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/10/274899069/for-lower-income-students-snow-days-mean-hungry-tummies\">reported\u003c/a>, more than 21 million schoolchildren ate free or reduced-priced lunches last year. Under the expanded program, an additional 9 million kids will be eligible to receive the free meals, Obama says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2014 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Schools have made big strides in meeting standards for healthier meals, but students are still bombarded by junk food marketing. The first lady announced guidelines Tuesday that aim to change that.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1393366496,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":894},"headData":{"title":"New Rules Would Curb How Kids Are Sold Junk Food at School | KQED","description":"Schools have made big strides in meeting standards for healthier meals, but students are still bombarded by junk food marketing. The first lady announced guidelines Tuesday that aim to change that.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"78569 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=78569","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/02/25/new-rules-would-curb-how-kids-are-sold-junk-food-at-school/","disqusTitle":"New Rules Would Curb How Kids Are Sold Junk Food at School ","nprByline":"Maria Godoy","nprStoryId":"282507974","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=282507974&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/25/282507974/new-rules-would-curb-how-kids-are-sold-junk-food-at-school?ft=3&f=282507974","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:34:00 -0500","nprStoryDate":"Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:32:00 -0500","nprLastModifiedDate":"Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:34:57 -0500","path":"/bayareabites/78569/new-rules-would-curb-how-kids-are-sold-junk-food-at-school","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_78570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1673px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/02/137701430_wide-758eab8ac35396904a7bc09538964228053b8f21.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/02/137701430_wide-758eab8ac35396904a7bc09538964228053b8f21.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Obama eats lunch with school children at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., in 2012. The first lady unveiled new guidelines Tuesday aimed at cracking down on the marketing of junk food to kids during the school day. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images\" width=\"1673\" height=\"941\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78570\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Obama eats lunch with school children at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., in 2012. The first lady unveiled new guidelines Tuesday aimed at cracking down on the marketing of junk food to kids during the school day. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Post by Maria Godoy, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/25/282507974/new-rules-would-curb-how-kids-are-sold-junk-food-at-school\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (2/25/2014)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to teach kids to adopt healthier eating habits, it's probably unwise to give them coupons for fast food chains at school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those advertisements for sugary sodas on the gymnasium scoreboard? Seems like another mixed message schools are sending kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's why the White House and U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed new \u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-04100.pdf\">school wellness guidelines\u003c/a> Tuesday aimed at cracking down on the widespread marketing of less-than-nutritious foods to kids on campus during the school day. Even though 90 percent of school districts are now meeting the overhauled nutrition \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/01/03/259425775/let-them-eat-sandwiches-usda-eases-school-lunch-restrictions\">standards for school lunches\u003c/a>, students are still being flooded with advertising for junk food in schools, according to first lady Michelle Obama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The idea here is simple: Our classrooms should be healthy places where kids aren't bombarded with ads for junk food,\" said Obama, who joined USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to announce the guidelines. \"Because when parents are working hard to teach their kids healthy habits at home, their work shouldn't be undone by unhealthy messages at school,\" she added in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that messaging is everywhere: Food and beverage companies spent $149 million to market their products in schools in 2009, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Advertising for sodas and other sugary drinks accounted for more than \u003ca href=\"http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/resources/upload/docs/what/advertising/Marketing_in_Schools_JAMA_Pediatrics_1.14.pdf\">90 percent\u003c/a> of this spending, followed by fast food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beverage companies used to sell a lot of sodas in schools. Nowadays, their vending machines are selling juice and water instead. Even so, critics note, the same companies are still selling directly to kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, nearly two-thirds of elementary-school kids receive coupons for fast food at school through programs such as Pizza Hut's Book It! Program, which uses pizza as a reading incentive, according to \u003ca href=\"http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1812294\">a study\u003c/a> published last month in \u003cem>JAMA Pediatrics\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed rules would limit such exposure by allowing only ads and marketing in schools for foods that meet the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/01/170858564/carrot-juice-instead-of-coke-usda-proposes-new-school-snack-rules\">Smart Snacks in Schools\u003c/a> nutrition guidelines. Those standards, which are set to go in effect in the 2014-2015 school year, stem from the 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act. They aim to boost the healthfulness of foods sold through vending machines, snack bars and a la carte in cafeterias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the stricter guidelines, vending machines branded with Coke or Pepsi images would no longer be allowed in schools. Same goes for branding for sugary drinks and snacks on posters and cups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The snack rules set limits for how much fat, sugar and sodium snacks can contain. But they only apply during the school day. So foods sold at after-school games, for instance, would be exempt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday's announcement comes as the first lady's Let's Move! Initiative to combat childhood obesity marks its fourth anniversary this month. Advocates for limiting food marketing to kids hailed the announcement as an important step forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Given the high rates of childhood obesity and children's poor diets, it doesn't make sense to advertise and market unhealthy food to children at all, much less in schools,\" Margo Wootan, nutrition policy director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cspinet.org/new/201402251.html\">statement\u003c/a>. \"Parents know from experience, and studies show, that food marketing affects kids' food preferences, food choices and health.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others applauded the new guidelines but worried that they didn't go far enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, the new rules wouldn't ban charity events linked to fast food chains such as McCare nights — fundraisers in which students and their parents are encouraged to eat at their local McDonald's. The franchise then donates a portion of sales to the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We'd love to see the Let's Move! campaign take on this predatory marketing to kids that happens across the board,\" says\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Sriram Madhusoodanan, a senior organizer with Corporate Accountability International, a watchdog group that has been calling on McDonald's to stop such marketing to kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, it's still unclear just how the guidelines, which have yet to be finalized, will be applied. In part, that's because schools will be given leeway to decide for themselves what constitutes unacceptable marketing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the Associated Press \u003ca href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/rules-limit-marketing-unhealthy-food-schools-22659127?page=2\">reports\u003c/a> that the rules will make some exemptions for big infrastructure costs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\"That scoreboard advertising Coca-Cola, for example, wouldn't have to be immediately torn down. But the school would have to get one with a healthier message the next time it was replaced.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Also announced Tuesday: An expansion of efforts to feed hungry kids through school. Starting on July 1, more than 22,000 schools nationwide serving mostly low-income kids will be allowed to serve all students free breakfasts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Right now, millions of children in this country are showing up to school hungry every day,\" the first lady said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we recently \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/10/274899069/for-lower-income-students-snow-days-mean-hungry-tummies\">reported\u003c/a>, more than 21 million schoolchildren ate free or reduced-priced lunches last year. Under the expanded program, an additional 9 million kids will be eligible to receive the free meals, Obama says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2014 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/78569/new-rules-would-curb-how-kids-are-sold-junk-food-at-school","authors":["byline_bayareabites_78569"],"categories":["bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_1246","bayareabites_12555","bayareabites_10916"],"tags":["bayareabites_10019","bayareabites_8743","bayareabites_450","bayareabites_309","bayareabites_10921","bayareabites_8999"],"featImg":"bayareabites_78572","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_57842":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_57842","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"57842","score":null,"sort":[1362509955000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"give-me-liberty-and-give-me-government-subsidized-broccoli","title":"Give Me Liberty, And Give Me Government-Subsidized Broccoli ","publishDate":1362509955,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_57848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 843px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/03/produce.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/03/produce.jpg\" alt=\"Most people polled said government programs to make fresh fruits and vegetables more affordable sound like a great idea, according to a new survey. Photo: iStockphoto.com\" width=\"843\" height=\"473\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57848\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most people polled said government programs to make fresh fruits and vegetables more affordable sound like a great idea, according to a new survey. Photo: iStockphoto.com\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Post by Nancy Shute\u003c/strong>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/03/05/173518468/give-me-liberty-and-give-me-government-subsidized-broccoli\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (3/5/13)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Americans are all for government efforts to get them to eat more healthfully, as long as they don't feel like they're being bullied into it. That's what people said in a new survey about government efforts to influence how we eat, like New York City's ban on supersized sodas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past decade, state and federal governments have launched dozens of new laws and programs to promote healthful eating and exercise. They've put a lot of effort into measuring what works, but surprisingly little effort into finding out what the people at the receiving end think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So researchers at Harvard's School of Public Health asked. The 1,817 people polled were surprisingly positive about these new public health laws. They backed efforts to get kids exercising more, with 88 percent saying that public school kids should be required to have 45 minutes of physical activity each day. Making fresh fruits and vegetables more affordable, and requiring restaurants to post calorie counts, also won a big majority of votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three-quarters of people said that food manufacturers and chain restaurants should be told to cut the salt content of their foods. And 76 percent of those surveyed said that banning the use of food stamps to buy soda and other sugary beverages was good policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But laws that came across as punitive were a lot less popular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than one-third of people said students should be punished for having soda or other junk foods at school. A proposal to charge a $50 insurance surcharge for obese people was also a nonstarter. People were worried about how these sorts of programs would affect their liberty and privacy, with objections such as \"government should stay out of matters like what people eat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We clearly saw that the more coercion was involved, the more people you lost,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/michelle-mello/\">Michelle Mello\u003c/a>, a professor of law and public health at the Harvard School of Public Health, who was a co-author of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.healthaffairs.org/Media/toc/2013_03_toc.pdf\">study\u003c/a>. It was published in the March \u003cem>Health Affairs\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers were surprised to find that people with health problems like obesity and diabetes didn't object to new laws targeting them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We thought that people who felt like targets would be much less likely to support them,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://peh.harvard.edu/people/morain.html\">Stephanie Morain\u003c/a>, a graduate student in ethics who co-authored the study. \"That wasn't true.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smokers were the only ones to object to programs aimed at them — perhaps, the authors say, because such programs target a behavior rather than a disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Younger people and women said they were more comfortable with the government telling them how to eat than were older white men. But perhaps the biggest surprise was the strong support for government intervention from the African-American and Hispanic respondents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>African-Americans were two to four times more likely to support government action than whites, especially when it came to helping people control diabetes, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2012/01/09/144799538/controversy-swirls-around-harsh-anti-obesity-ads\">preventing childhood obesity\u003c/a>. And Hispanics were more likely than whites to support programs to prevent diabetes and heart disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People seemed to be advancing the welfare of their social group,\" says Morain, noting that African-American communities suffer disproportionately from obesity and diabetes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But though people are pretty supportive overall, the results make it clear that they're more likely to buy in if they feel like public health officials understand their values, and they have a voice in the process. \"If people feel like they're engaged in the policy-making process, they're more engaged across the board,\" Mello says.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nCopyright 2013 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"People don't mind new laws telling them how to eat, as long as they feel like they're not being coerced. That's the finding of a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health, which took the unusual step of asking people what they thought about government efforts to encourage healthy eating.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1362510340,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":638},"headData":{"title":"Give Me Liberty, And Give Me Government-Subsidized Broccoli | KQED","description":"People don't mind new laws telling them how to eat, as long as they feel like they're not being coerced. That's the finding of a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health, which took the unusual step of asking people what they thought about government efforts to encourage healthy eating.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"57842 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=57842","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/03/05/give-me-liberty-and-give-me-government-subsidized-broccoli/","disqusTitle":"Give Me Liberty, And Give Me Government-Subsidized Broccoli ","nprByline":"Nancy Shute","nprStoryId":"173518468","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=173518468&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/03/05/173518468/give-me-liberty-and-give-me-government-subsidized-broccoli?ft=3&f=173518468","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:16:00 -0500","nprStoryDate":"Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:15:00 -0500","nprLastModifiedDate":"Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:16:57 -0500","path":"/bayareabites/57842/give-me-liberty-and-give-me-government-subsidized-broccoli","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_57848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 843px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/03/produce.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/03/produce.jpg\" alt=\"Most people polled said government programs to make fresh fruits and vegetables more affordable sound like a great idea, according to a new survey. Photo: iStockphoto.com\" width=\"843\" height=\"473\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57848\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most people polled said government programs to make fresh fruits and vegetables more affordable sound like a great idea, according to a new survey. Photo: iStockphoto.com\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Post by Nancy Shute\u003c/strong>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/03/05/173518468/give-me-liberty-and-give-me-government-subsidized-broccoli\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (3/5/13)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Americans are all for government efforts to get them to eat more healthfully, as long as they don't feel like they're being bullied into it. That's what people said in a new survey about government efforts to influence how we eat, like New York City's ban on supersized sodas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past decade, state and federal governments have launched dozens of new laws and programs to promote healthful eating and exercise. They've put a lot of effort into measuring what works, but surprisingly little effort into finding out what the people at the receiving end think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So researchers at Harvard's School of Public Health asked. The 1,817 people polled were surprisingly positive about these new public health laws. They backed efforts to get kids exercising more, with 88 percent saying that public school kids should be required to have 45 minutes of physical activity each day. Making fresh fruits and vegetables more affordable, and requiring restaurants to post calorie counts, also won a big majority of votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three-quarters of people said that food manufacturers and chain restaurants should be told to cut the salt content of their foods. And 76 percent of those surveyed said that banning the use of food stamps to buy soda and other sugary beverages was good policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But laws that came across as punitive were a lot less popular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than one-third of people said students should be punished for having soda or other junk foods at school. A proposal to charge a $50 insurance surcharge for obese people was also a nonstarter. People were worried about how these sorts of programs would affect their liberty and privacy, with objections such as \"government should stay out of matters like what people eat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We clearly saw that the more coercion was involved, the more people you lost,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/michelle-mello/\">Michelle Mello\u003c/a>, a professor of law and public health at the Harvard School of Public Health, who was a co-author of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.healthaffairs.org/Media/toc/2013_03_toc.pdf\">study\u003c/a>. It was published in the March \u003cem>Health Affairs\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers were surprised to find that people with health problems like obesity and diabetes didn't object to new laws targeting them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We thought that people who felt like targets would be much less likely to support them,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://peh.harvard.edu/people/morain.html\">Stephanie Morain\u003c/a>, a graduate student in ethics who co-authored the study. \"That wasn't true.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smokers were the only ones to object to programs aimed at them — perhaps, the authors say, because such programs target a behavior rather than a disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Younger people and women said they were more comfortable with the government telling them how to eat than were older white men. But perhaps the biggest surprise was the strong support for government intervention from the African-American and Hispanic respondents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>African-Americans were two to four times more likely to support government action than whites, especially when it came to helping people control diabetes, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2012/01/09/144799538/controversy-swirls-around-harsh-anti-obesity-ads\">preventing childhood obesity\u003c/a>. And Hispanics were more likely than whites to support programs to prevent diabetes and heart disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People seemed to be advancing the welfare of their social group,\" says Morain, noting that African-American communities suffer disproportionately from obesity and diabetes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But though people are pretty supportive overall, the results make it clear that they're more likely to buy in if they feel like public health officials understand their values, and they have a voice in the process. \"If people feel like they're engaged in the policy-making process, they're more engaged across the board,\" Mello says.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nCopyright 2013 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/57842/give-me-liberty-and-give-me-government-subsidized-broccoli","authors":["byline_bayareabites_57842"],"categories":["bayareabites_1245","bayareabites_10916","bayareabites_2035"],"tags":["bayareabites_10019","bayareabites_11316","bayareabites_11317","bayareabites_11315","bayareabites_11320","bayareabites_310","bayareabites_11319","bayareabites_11318","bayareabites_10921"],"featImg":"bayareabites_57843","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_36954":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_36954","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"36954","score":null,"sort":[1325174430000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"ten-top-food-news-stories-of-2011-part-two","title":"Ten Top Food News Stories of 2011: Part Two","publishDate":1325174430,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cp>In today's post we continue our Top Ten Food Stories of 2011. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/12/28/ten-top-food-news-stories-of-2011-part-one/\">Yesterday's piece\u003c/a> focused on the food swap phenomenon, the new My Plate icon, record hunger in America, a year's worth of lies and deceit on the food front, and the latest food fad: eating insects. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's five items:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37125\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/cantaloupes300.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/cantaloupes300.jpg\" alt=\"Contaminated cantaloupe proved deadly across American this year.\" title=\"Contaminated cantaloupe proved deadly across American this year.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37125\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Contaminated cantaloupe proved deadly across America this year.\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Record Food Recalls:\u003c/strong> This year was marked by \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/food-safety-tops-most-significant-food-stories-of-2011/\">big drama in food safety circles\u003c/a> around the country and contaminated meat wasn't consumers' greatest concern. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/10/07/141148032/cantaloupe-recall-due-to-listeria-expands-to-pre-cut-fruit-salads\">cantaloupe catastrophe\u003c/a> saw a \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/listeria-outbreak-ends-as-most-deadly-in-100-years/\">record-breaking listeria outbreak\u003c/a>, the deadliest for that disease in recent U.S. history with 29 deaths reported. Other notable U.S. food-borne illness scares included the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/08/04/138978064/salmonella-leads-cargill-to-recalls-36-million-pounds-of-ground-turkey\">Cargill callback of more than 36 million pounds of ground turkey\u003c/a> due to salmonella in August, which was followed by \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/nebraska-meatpacker-recalls-ground-beef-in-16-states-over-concerns-of-e-coli-contamination/2011/12/16/gIQAMPTJzO_story.html\">a ground beef recall by Tyson\u003c/a> in December. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle: \u003c/em> California salad company Ready Pac Foods recalled more than 5,000 cases of bagged romaine lettuce because of \u003ca href=\"http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-11-19/bay-area/30421222_1_coli-bacteria-ready-pac-foods-lettuce\">E. coli contamination\u003c/a>. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37130\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/fooddesert/fooddesert.html\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/food-desert-locator300.jpg\" alt=\"Food Desert Locator\" title=\"Food Desert Locator\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37130\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Food Desert Locator\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. New Food Alliances: \u003c/strong>First Lady \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012005578.html\">Michelle Obama joined forces with Wal-Mart\u003c/a> and other major retailers in an effort to get more fresh and healthy grub into food deserts around the country. \u003ca href=\"http://foodcorps.org/\">FoodCorps\u003c/a> launched its national service program, in partnership with AmeriCorps, in school garden sites in several states with the goal of fighting obesity and diet-related disease in the younger set by \u003ca href=\"http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2089995,00.html\">promoting school gardens and farm-to-school programs\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> The $200 million \u003ca href=\"http://tcenews.calendow.org/pr/tce/introducing-the-california-freshworks-210802.aspx\">California FreshWorks Fund\u003c/a>, launched this year, is designed to encourage major grocers to expand into underserved communities to improve access to affordable, nutritious food. As \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/07/20/peoples-community-market-closer-to-finding-funding-with-white-house-announcement/\">reported on BAB\u003c/a>, the Oakland-based People's Community Market may well benefit from this new initiative.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37128\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/24/alice-waters-serves-lunch-launches-levis-t-shirt-signs-new-book-in-maiden-lane/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/alice-wheelbarrow300.jpg\" alt=\"Alice Waters at School Lunch & Levi's T-shirt launch event for Chez Panisse 40th Anniversary. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Alice Waters at Edible Schoolyard event for Chez Panisse 40th Anniversary. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37128\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Alice Waters at Levi's T-shirt launch event. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. Food Celebrity Fest:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Bon Appetit\u003c/em> put \u003ca href=\"http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2011/06/gwyneth-paltrow\">Gwyneth Paltrow\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/readers-react-to-gwyneth-paltrows-bon-apptit-cover-2286207.html\">the cover\u003c/a>, which caused many in the food world to gasp in dismay at the elevation to culinary icon of the actress-singer behind \u003ca href=\"http://goop.com/\">Goop\u003c/a>. Spain's Ferran Adria of \u003ca href=\"http://www.elbulli.com/home.php?lang=en\">el Bulli\u003c/a> fame shut up shop, wowed a sold out crowd \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/10/11/eight-smart-things-ferran-adria-said-at-the-castro-theatre/\">in San Francisco\u003c/a>, and published \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSpBzXQorWg\">The Family Meal\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, an homage to the meals he fed his staff at his iconic eatery, shuttered after 25 years. (Look for it to reopen in 2014 as a culinary school/foundation.) Dressed-to-impress actress \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/17/eva-longoria-on-producing-new-documentary-the-harvest-la-cosecha_n_1016377.html\">Eva Longoria\u003c/a> was in the news for her work on behalf of farmworkers while buffed, bird-loving actor \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/ryan-gosling-cares-about-the-chickens-who-lay-eggs-for-mcdonalds/2011/12/20/gIQAIyQB7O_blog.html\">Ryan Gosling\u003c/a> stood up for chickens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/about/alice-waters/\">Alice Waters\u003c/a> was \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2011/08/22/139707078/alice-waters-40-years-of-sustainable-food\">here\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/18/forum-chez-panisse-turns-40/\">there\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/08/26/the-frenzy-around-chez-panisses-40th-anniversary/\">everywhere\u003c/a> in August, which marked the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/08/27/chez-panisses-birthday-kicks-off-with-party-to-remember/\">40th anniversary\u003c/a> of her iconic restaurant \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/intro.php\">Chez Panisse\u003c/a> in Berkeley. She also made \u003ca href=\"http://lettuceeatkale.com/2011/michelle-obama-and-alice-waters-lets-do-breakfast/\">breakfast for Michelle Obama\u003c/a>, lunch for the downtown crowd at her \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/24/alice-waters-serves-lunch-launches-levis-t-shirt-signs-new-book-in-maiden-lane/\">Levi's T-shirt launch\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/11/how-alice-waters-united-west-and-east-with-a-dinner-in-beijing/248911/\">dinner for Chinese cultural leaders\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/07/alice-waters-robert-reich-talk-up-a-delicious-revolution/\">Waters also sought to educate adults\u003c/a> with a lecture series sponsored by her foundation at UC Berkeley as part of \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/inberkeley/2011/08/19/with-alice-waters-and-michael-pollan-nikki-henderson-offers-edible-education-101/\">Edible Education 101\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the lighter side, ex-Berkeleysider DJ Dave scored a viral hit (3.3 million views to date) with his \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/15/its-gettin-real-in-the-whole-foods-parking-lot/\">Whole Foods Parking Lot\u003c/a>, which proved one of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/support/membership/onq/popular.jsp\">top five BAB posts\u003c/a> of the year.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37129\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/child-obesity300jpg.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/child-obesity300jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Childhood Obesity Epidemic\" title=\"Childhood Obesity Epidemic\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37129\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Childhood Obesity Epidemic\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9. New Face of Obesity Epidemic:\u003c/strong> An \u003ca href=\"http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-11-28/news/30457613_1_obesity-surgery-healthy-weight-workers\">eight-year-old child weighing over 200 pounds\u003c/a> was taken from his family and placed into foster care because Ohio officials maintained the boy's parents were not doing enough to reduce his weight, which poses a serious health risk. The move sparked a renewed debate on whether parents should lose custody of their obese offspring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> In a sobering sign of the times, Slow Food San Francisco hosts its first annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.slowfoodsanfrancisco.com/sf_events.html?evcode=00168\">Childhood Obesity Bay Area Conference\u003c/a>.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37127\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/traitorjoes-downtown300.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland March Calls on Trader Joe’s to Support Rights for Farmworkers. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Oakland March Calls on Trader Joe’s to Support Rights for Farmworkers. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37127\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Oakland March to Trader Joe’s in Support of Farmworkers. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10. \u003ca href=\"http://occupybigfood.wordpress.com/\">Occupy Big Food\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> It didn't take long for the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street\">Occupy movement\u003c/a> to branch out into a \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-11-22-mic-checking-big-food\">food\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-12-06-farmers-come-to-wall-street\">farming\u003c/a> focus, with \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/18/142504166/from-wall-street-to-big-food-occupiers-are-hungry-for-change#more\">food advocates and farmers\u003c/a> joining in protests at Wall Street's Zuccotti Park in New York City this fall. \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Food/320207001339148?sk=wall\">Occupy Food\u003c/a> saw some \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-10-21-occupy-the-pasture\">farmers\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150325434518519.335520.586028518&type=1&l=4b9966ea79\">occupy the pasture\u003c/a>, while others opted to \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-the-Kitchen/171183526305177?sk=wall\">occupy the kitchen\u003c/a>. Late in the year long-time Farm Aid advocate \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/willie-nelson/occupy-food-system_b_1154212.html\">Willie Nelson\u003c/a> added his name to the Occupy Food cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.poortastemag.com/occupy-the-kitchen-feeding-the-bay-areas-99/\">Feeding the 99 percent\u003c/a> in the food-focused Bay Area proves a bonding experience in the Occupy camps. Oakland Occupiers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">called on Trader Joe's\u003c/a> to support farmworkers' rights, while Occupiers in San Francisco went after \u003ca href=\"http://tacolicioussf.com/\">Tacolicious\u003c/a>, in \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/12/05/tacolicious-subjected-to-misguided-mission-protests/\">a misguided protest\u003c/a> of the local chain's latest restaurant in the Mission.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What other 2011 food news is worthy of inclusion in this list? Share your thoughts below.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Sarah Henry continues coverage of food trends and topics for 2011 with part-two of her top food stories posts. Up this time: food recalls, childhood obesity, partnerships in food, occupy food -- and a healthy smattering of the year's biggest food celebrities.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1325143423,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":780},"headData":{"title":"Ten Top Food News Stories of 2011: Part Two | KQED","description":"Sarah Henry continues coverage of food trends and topics for 2011 with part-two of her top food stories posts. 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Record Food Recalls:\u003c/strong> This year was marked by \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/food-safety-tops-most-significant-food-stories-of-2011/\">big drama in food safety circles\u003c/a> around the country and contaminated meat wasn't consumers' greatest concern. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/10/07/141148032/cantaloupe-recall-due-to-listeria-expands-to-pre-cut-fruit-salads\">cantaloupe catastrophe\u003c/a> saw a \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/listeria-outbreak-ends-as-most-deadly-in-100-years/\">record-breaking listeria outbreak\u003c/a>, the deadliest for that disease in recent U.S. history with 29 deaths reported. Other notable U.S. food-borne illness scares included the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/08/04/138978064/salmonella-leads-cargill-to-recalls-36-million-pounds-of-ground-turkey\">Cargill callback of more than 36 million pounds of ground turkey\u003c/a> due to salmonella in August, which was followed by \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/nebraska-meatpacker-recalls-ground-beef-in-16-states-over-concerns-of-e-coli-contamination/2011/12/16/gIQAMPTJzO_story.html\">a ground beef recall by Tyson\u003c/a> in December. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle: \u003c/em> California salad company Ready Pac Foods recalled more than 5,000 cases of bagged romaine lettuce because of \u003ca href=\"http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-11-19/bay-area/30421222_1_coli-bacteria-ready-pac-foods-lettuce\">E. coli contamination\u003c/a>. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37130\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/fooddesert/fooddesert.html\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/food-desert-locator300.jpg\" alt=\"Food Desert Locator\" title=\"Food Desert Locator\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37130\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Food Desert Locator\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. New Food Alliances: \u003c/strong>First Lady \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012005578.html\">Michelle Obama joined forces with Wal-Mart\u003c/a> and other major retailers in an effort to get more fresh and healthy grub into food deserts around the country. \u003ca href=\"http://foodcorps.org/\">FoodCorps\u003c/a> launched its national service program, in partnership with AmeriCorps, in school garden sites in several states with the goal of fighting obesity and diet-related disease in the younger set by \u003ca href=\"http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2089995,00.html\">promoting school gardens and farm-to-school programs\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> The $200 million \u003ca href=\"http://tcenews.calendow.org/pr/tce/introducing-the-california-freshworks-210802.aspx\">California FreshWorks Fund\u003c/a>, launched this year, is designed to encourage major grocers to expand into underserved communities to improve access to affordable, nutritious food. As \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/07/20/peoples-community-market-closer-to-finding-funding-with-white-house-announcement/\">reported on BAB\u003c/a>, the Oakland-based People's Community Market may well benefit from this new initiative.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37128\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/24/alice-waters-serves-lunch-launches-levis-t-shirt-signs-new-book-in-maiden-lane/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/alice-wheelbarrow300.jpg\" alt=\"Alice Waters at School Lunch & Levi's T-shirt launch event for Chez Panisse 40th Anniversary. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Alice Waters at Edible Schoolyard event for Chez Panisse 40th Anniversary. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37128\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Alice Waters at Levi's T-shirt launch event. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. Food Celebrity Fest:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Bon Appetit\u003c/em> put \u003ca href=\"http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2011/06/gwyneth-paltrow\">Gwyneth Paltrow\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/readers-react-to-gwyneth-paltrows-bon-apptit-cover-2286207.html\">the cover\u003c/a>, which caused many in the food world to gasp in dismay at the elevation to culinary icon of the actress-singer behind \u003ca href=\"http://goop.com/\">Goop\u003c/a>. Spain's Ferran Adria of \u003ca href=\"http://www.elbulli.com/home.php?lang=en\">el Bulli\u003c/a> fame shut up shop, wowed a sold out crowd \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/10/11/eight-smart-things-ferran-adria-said-at-the-castro-theatre/\">in San Francisco\u003c/a>, and published \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSpBzXQorWg\">The Family Meal\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, an homage to the meals he fed his staff at his iconic eatery, shuttered after 25 years. (Look for it to reopen in 2014 as a culinary school/foundation.) Dressed-to-impress actress \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/17/eva-longoria-on-producing-new-documentary-the-harvest-la-cosecha_n_1016377.html\">Eva Longoria\u003c/a> was in the news for her work on behalf of farmworkers while buffed, bird-loving actor \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/ryan-gosling-cares-about-the-chickens-who-lay-eggs-for-mcdonalds/2011/12/20/gIQAIyQB7O_blog.html\">Ryan Gosling\u003c/a> stood up for chickens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/about/alice-waters/\">Alice Waters\u003c/a> was \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2011/08/22/139707078/alice-waters-40-years-of-sustainable-food\">here\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/18/forum-chez-panisse-turns-40/\">there\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/08/26/the-frenzy-around-chez-panisses-40th-anniversary/\">everywhere\u003c/a> in August, which marked the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/08/27/chez-panisses-birthday-kicks-off-with-party-to-remember/\">40th anniversary\u003c/a> of her iconic restaurant \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/intro.php\">Chez Panisse\u003c/a> in Berkeley. She also made \u003ca href=\"http://lettuceeatkale.com/2011/michelle-obama-and-alice-waters-lets-do-breakfast/\">breakfast for Michelle Obama\u003c/a>, lunch for the downtown crowd at her \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/24/alice-waters-serves-lunch-launches-levis-t-shirt-signs-new-book-in-maiden-lane/\">Levi's T-shirt launch\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/11/how-alice-waters-united-west-and-east-with-a-dinner-in-beijing/248911/\">dinner for Chinese cultural leaders\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/07/alice-waters-robert-reich-talk-up-a-delicious-revolution/\">Waters also sought to educate adults\u003c/a> with a lecture series sponsored by her foundation at UC Berkeley as part of \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/inberkeley/2011/08/19/with-alice-waters-and-michael-pollan-nikki-henderson-offers-edible-education-101/\">Edible Education 101\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the lighter side, ex-Berkeleysider DJ Dave scored a viral hit (3.3 million views to date) with his \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/15/its-gettin-real-in-the-whole-foods-parking-lot/\">Whole Foods Parking Lot\u003c/a>, which proved one of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/support/membership/onq/popular.jsp\">top five BAB posts\u003c/a> of the year.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37129\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/child-obesity300jpg.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/child-obesity300jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Childhood Obesity Epidemic\" title=\"Childhood Obesity Epidemic\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37129\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Childhood Obesity Epidemic\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9. New Face of Obesity Epidemic:\u003c/strong> An \u003ca href=\"http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-11-28/news/30457613_1_obesity-surgery-healthy-weight-workers\">eight-year-old child weighing over 200 pounds\u003c/a> was taken from his family and placed into foster care because Ohio officials maintained the boy's parents were not doing enough to reduce his weight, which poses a serious health risk. The move sparked a renewed debate on whether parents should lose custody of their obese offspring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> In a sobering sign of the times, Slow Food San Francisco hosts its first annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.slowfoodsanfrancisco.com/sf_events.html?evcode=00168\">Childhood Obesity Bay Area Conference\u003c/a>.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37127\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/12/traitorjoes-downtown300.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland March Calls on Trader Joe’s to Support Rights for Farmworkers. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" title=\"Oakland March Calls on Trader Joe’s to Support Rights for Farmworkers. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37127\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>Oakland March to Trader Joe’s in Support of Farmworkers. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10. \u003ca href=\"http://occupybigfood.wordpress.com/\">Occupy Big Food\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> It didn't take long for the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street\">Occupy movement\u003c/a> to branch out into a \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-11-22-mic-checking-big-food\">food\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-12-06-farmers-come-to-wall-street\">farming\u003c/a> focus, with \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/18/142504166/from-wall-street-to-big-food-occupiers-are-hungry-for-change#more\">food advocates and farmers\u003c/a> joining in protests at Wall Street's Zuccotti Park in New York City this fall. \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Food/320207001339148?sk=wall\">Occupy Food\u003c/a> saw some \u003ca href=\"http://www.grist.org/food/2011-10-21-occupy-the-pasture\">farmers\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150325434518519.335520.586028518&type=1&l=4b9966ea79\">occupy the pasture\u003c/a>, while others opted to \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-the-Kitchen/171183526305177?sk=wall\">occupy the kitchen\u003c/a>. Late in the year long-time Farm Aid advocate \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/willie-nelson/occupy-food-system_b_1154212.html\">Willie Nelson\u003c/a> added his name to the Occupy Food cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Local angle:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.poortastemag.com/occupy-the-kitchen-feeding-the-bay-areas-99/\">Feeding the 99 percent\u003c/a> in the food-focused Bay Area proves a bonding experience in the Occupy camps. Oakland Occupiers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/11/07/oakland-march-calls-on-trader-joes-to-support-rights-for-farmworkers/\">called on Trader Joe's\u003c/a> to support farmworkers' rights, while Occupiers in San Francisco went after \u003ca href=\"http://tacolicioussf.com/\">Tacolicious\u003c/a>, in \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/12/05/tacolicious-subjected-to-misguided-mission-protests/\">a misguided protest\u003c/a> of the local chain's latest restaurant in the Mission.\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What other 2011 food news is worthy of inclusion in this list? Share your thoughts below.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/36954/ten-top-food-news-stories-of-2011-part-two","authors":["5125"],"categories":["bayareabites_752","bayareabites_2254","bayareabites_63","bayareabites_588","bayareabites_1962","bayareabites_50","bayareabites_3032","bayareabites_2090","bayareabites_1246","bayareabites_2035"],"tags":["bayareabites_583","bayareabites_10019","bayareabites_4081","bayareabites_10021","bayareabites_1412","bayareabites_10022","bayareabites_1325","bayareabites_10017","bayareabites_10018","bayareabites_8767","bayareabites_10020","bayareabites_10027","bayareabites_10029","bayareabites_1829"],"featImg":"bayareabites_37128","label":"bayareabites"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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