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01-12-2013 | Book Review

Amy Kalafa: Lunch Wars: How to Start a School Food Revolution and Win the Battle for Our Children’s Health

Penguin Books Ltd, London, England, 2011, 363 pp, ISBN: 978-1-58542-862-5

Auteur: Taylor Hunter

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 12/2013

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Lunch Wars: How to start a school food revolution and win the battle for our children’s health by Amy Kalafa, focuses on the reform of wellness programs in schools to combat illnesses associated with childhood obesity. This book lays the foundation through various studies regarding how the food industry specifically targets children and the chilling consequences of this exposure. Further, the author illustrates the direct links between cost-cutting incentives in schools and poor nutrition. By focusing on the need to remove unhealthful and even dangerous foods in children’s cafeterias, this book acknowledges one source of reform that can influence a child’s eating habits beyond the cafeteria. That focus means that the book’s main audience is more than researchers and schools; the book seeks to raise parents and caregivers’ awareness. As such, it serves as a useful and comprehensive tool to improving the lives of children and their communities. …
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Metagegevens
Titel
Amy Kalafa: Lunch Wars: How to Start a School Food Revolution and Win the Battle for Our Children’s Health
Penguin Books Ltd, London, England, 2011, 363 pp, ISBN: 978-1-58542-862-5
Auteur
Taylor Hunter
Publicatiedatum
01-12-2013
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 12/2013
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-013-0035-1

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