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Article: Does Eating a Good School Lunch Make You Smarter? Arthur Agatston, of South Beach diet fame, thinks good school nutrition programs raise math scores.(Interview)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- October 7, 2008
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Byline: Adam Voiland
Does eating right make schoolchildren perform better? A team led by Arthur Agatston, a cardiologist and creator of the popular South Beach diet, presented findings at an Obesity Society meeting over the weekend showing that improving the nutritional quality of school meals bolstered the academic performance of students over a two-year period, in addition to lowering their weight and blood pressure. The researchers saw significant increases in math scores among the 1,197 elementary students who participated in the Healthier Options for Public Schoolchildren obesity prevention program, an intervention currently used in 79 schools in seven ...
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