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Article: FEEDING FERTILE MINDS, FEEDING; LITTLE BODIES.(Taste)
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- The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
- Article date:
- September 9, 2009
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Byline: NOUF AL-QASIMI
I don't have kids, but I do remember what it was like to be one. Fluffernutter sandwiches and YooHoo chocolate drink were the forbidden fruit of my youth, and I longed for them daily. I should probably send my mother a thank-you card.
Healthy habits are formed young, and are best invested and cultivated in the young. Children's successful educational performance is linked to a proper diet -- but kids are neither known nor responsible for making conscientious diet decisions when left to their own devices. If schools are to provide any food at all, then does the onus fall on these institutions to ensure that it is wholesome food?
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