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Obesity

Smart Lunches: Good Food Leads to Good Grades

October 8, 2008

Study finds that nutritious school lunches can raise math scores. 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 [...]

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Is Legislation the Answer to Junk Food?

August 12, 2008

A new report urges the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to support laws that restrict junk-food advertising to kids online. Is this a solution or scapegoating? Business Week reports on action taken by Children Now to restrict junk-food advertising to kids online. Having successfully lobbied the government to place limits on junk food ads on TV, [...]

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Authentic Marketing: Unilever Brand Persil Embraces Play

August 5, 2008

UK-based Persil, a Unilever brand, emphasizes the importance of childhood play. Childhood as we know it is over and children of future generations could enter adulthood lacking vital life and social skills because of a lack of ‘free’ play, according to a study released by Persil. The global report, which marks the launch of Persil’s [...]

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Introducing the DonorsChoose.org Plug-In

July 31, 2008

Max School Bus is the first to integrate the DonorsChoose.org plug-in, which helps to support teachers’ classroom projects. We’re proud to announce that Max School Bus is the first blog to sign up and feature the DonorsChoose.org plug-in. If you’re not familiar with plug-ins, this is a small application that we integrate to add functionality [...]

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