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September 30, 2010
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Congress is about to increase the amount of money it gives to the National School Lunch Program. The Obama administration asked for more than $10 billion to improve the program over 10 years. The current bill cuts that money in half. If the bill passes, districts will get about a 6-cent increase per child. Currently, schools in high-expense cities such as San Francisco get $2.74 a meal per child. "When's the last time you could get a lunch for that price?" Woldow asked. "What we need is really about $5 a child to feed them healthy food."The No. 1 meal served to children in U.S. schools is chicken fingers and French fries. Processed food is much cheaper to serve than fresh produce.
Posted by: Staff on September 30, 2010
Category: Lunch Break Reading
September 07, 2010
First Course Lecture Now Online
The Center for Reducing Health Disparities proudly announces the first in a series of lectures available online at www.Reducedisparity.org. These lectures are from the Health Disparities graduate course offered to medical, nursing, social work, public health, health services research and other students at Case Western Reserve University. Our first lecture for the 2010 year is Dr. Insoo Hyun, Associate Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Director of the CWRU Stem Cell Ethics Center. His lecture is titled, "The Moral Badness of Health Inequalities".
To view the video, see our site at www.ReduceDisparity.org or click here.
More lectures will follow throughout the semester. Keep an eye out for the weekly postings.
Posted by: Staff on September 07, 2010
Category: Health Disparities Course; ethics