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Pizza Garden

As part of Farm City Week in Manatee County, Florida, schoolchildren will spend November 19 learning how to grow everything that tops a pizza. This, according to today's Bradenton Herald. Um, I hope that doesn't include pineapples ......

3 Comments | Posted by seltzerboy, October 31, 2003 at 9:14 AM
Tagged: children, Florida, ingredients

More Fat Kids

As part of New York City's three- to five-year plan to serve healthier meals to its 1.1 million public-school children, Newsday reports, pizza calories are getting, well, sliced: "The deep-dish pizza, for example, went from 413 to 336 calories, with its total fat reduced from 46 percent to 27.5 percent and saturated fat reduced from 13 percent to 8 percent. Cholesterol in the pizza is down to 9 milligrams from 28." Hey, why not have the schools skip the sugar-laden Snapple, which they're now contractually obligated to sell, and serve the youngsters a nice, juicy slice of pie instead—regardless of...

Post a Comment | Posted by seltzerboy, October 30, 2003 at 5:53 PM
Tagged: children, health

Pizza-Packin' Toddlers (Lay That Pizza Down)

The Associated Press, by way of the New York Times, reports that a study has found that toddlers and infants are eating too much fat. Among the comestible culprits? You guessed it: pizza. Even before their second birthday, many American children are developing the same bad eating habits that plague the nation's adults -- too much fat, sugar and salt and too few fruits and vegetables. A new study has found significant numbers of infants and toddlers are downing french fries, pizza, candy and soda. And I thought I couldn't relate to the kids these days....

Post a Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, October 27, 2003 at 11:37 AM
Tagged: children, health