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    families. The school food service program had underperformed for years and had been siphoning valuable dollars from limited education funds to support operations. To make matters more troublesome, implementing the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act was presenting a major challenge. Meal participation had been declining, and in 2011, LWCS had to use $77,000 dollars from the general fund to cover foodservice shortfalls. During an audit, SLA was recommended to LWCS as a solution to their food service issues and

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    Is It Rare For A Coyote?

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    scaring the coyote away during the situation of an encounter. Furthermore, if coyotes have been spotted in an area something is attracting them. Food, water, trash, and other animals could be causing the coyotes to linger around the area. There are numerous ways to prevent coyote encounters. Seeing that the primary reason coyotes are drawn to an area is for food, being cautious and aware of what is left outside the home could prevent coyotes from being attracted to a specific area. The steps to preventing

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    manipulating foods creates a world filled with food. Many of the fruits and foods we eat daily have already been genetically manipulated, pg (133) " Seedless watermelons, apples that have longer shelf lives, wheat and other grains that are immune to pests when growing in the field..." By genetically manipulating foods, we are able to increase the amount of time foods and fruits have as well as making them easier to eat. The technological advancements also enables there to be more food production.

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    Nutrition Politics and Policy (FOOD90027) Assignment 1 The Responds of Food Industries towards the Increase of Health Concerns by Reformulation and Reducing the “Bad” Nutrients towards the Products Introduction Over the past decade, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become the important health issues in the worldwide, especially in developed countries. The recent data shows that the global burden of NCDs caused by overweight and obesity continues to rise in which the mostly attributable factor

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    Around the world, the term health and being healthy is perceived in different lights in the midst of the many cultures of the world. Being a victim of the media and the narrow-minded views of the western world, I, along with many others in the US don’t see any other views of health and the meaning of being healthy other than our own. To be honest, while reading the first few sentences of Yates-Doerr’s article Obesity Science and Health Translations in Guatemala, I was taken back at the fact that

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    eating a substantial amount of food compared to previously. Last, citizens of the United States are exercising too little than necessary. Studies have been made to establish the fact that eating out leads to obesity. One of the reasons people eat out is that it is simply easier to

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    Is Home Valuable? Home?

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    independence because I was usually the more independent child in my house so I did more tasks on my own than my siblings did. Well since I moved here, I had to become more independent than I was at home since I cannot rely on my parents for money and food all of the time. I experienced being independent my first day of college because, I kid you not, my car got towed right before my first class. Just imagine waking up and your car not being where you left it last. I felt a sense of panic as I saw the

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    weeks to buy food. Given the little time and lack of food, the options can be slim, but fast food addictions can cause you to make bad choices too. So when does a bad options start to become and addiction, and how do we fix both problems? Do we focus on government control, or allow the public to keep eating processed foods? In an article written by Radley Balko titled “what you eat is your business” published on May 23, 2004, Balko informs us that giving the government control of the food industry

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    School Food: Neither Nutritious nor Delicious White brick walls, too small desks, the faint sound of gossip in the background, and the unmistakable scent of white board markers leave no guess as to where I am. I glance around to see that most people have finished their worksheets and are desperately waiting for the bell to release us to lunch. Ring. Ring. Finally, we were free to walk to lunch. As we walked into the lunchroom we are bombarded by the absolutely tantalizing scent of… mystery

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    While most the food products that are out in the market today can barely be considered food to some people, in my opinion, the majority of the people don’t know what is in the food products they buy but purchase these food products anyhow. I, myself being one of the people that don’t always know what is in the food products I purchase. After listening to the TED Talks and reading articles from Food Matters, my opinion of what can be considered “real food” has drastically changed. Although I already

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