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Free for all : fixing school food in America / / Janet Poppendieck



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Autore: Poppendieck Janet <1945-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Free for all : fixing school food in America / / Janet Poppendieck Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, [California] ; ; London, [England] ; ; Los Angeles, [California] : , : University of California Press, , 2010
©2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina: 371.7/160973
Soggetto topico: National school lunch program
School breakfast programs - United States
Children - Nutrition - United States
School children - Food - United States
Soggetto non controllato: america
behind the scenes
california
childrens lunches
comprehensive account
environmental sustainability
fast food
federal meals
food and culture
food culture
food history
food policies
food politics
food provision
food taste
multiple perspectives
nonfiction
nutrition and health
political
regulated meals
salty food
school food
school kitchens
school lunches
social change
social science
students and parents
sugar and fat
sustainable food
thought provoking
united states
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: In Search of School Food -- 1. School Food 101 -- 2. Food Fights: A Brief History -- 3. Penny Wise, Pound Foolish: What's Driving the Menu? -- 4. How Nutritious Are School Meals? -- 5. The Missing Millions: Problems of Participation -- 6. Hunger in the Classroom: Problems of Access -- 7. Free, Reduced Price, Paid: Unintended Consequences -- 8. Local Heroes: Fixing School Food at the Community Level -- Conclusion: School Food at the Crossroads -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: How did our children end up eating nachos, pizza, and Tater Tots for lunch? Taking us on an eye-opening journey into the nation's school kitchens, this superbly researched book is the first to provide a comprehensive assessment of school food in the United States. Janet Poppendieck explores the deep politics of food provision from multiple perspectives--history, policy, nutrition, environmental sustainability, taste, and more. How did we get into the absurd situation in which nutritionally regulated meals compete with fast food items and snack foods loaded with sugar, salt, and fat? What is the nutritional profile of the federal meals? How well are they reaching students who need them? Opening a window onto our culture as a whole, Poppendieck reveals the forces--the financial troubles of schools, the commercialization of childhood, the reliance on market models--that are determining how lunch is served. She concludes with a sweeping vision for change: fresh, healthy food for all children as a regular part of their school day.
Titolo autorizzato: Free for all  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-36102-3
9786612361029
0-520-94441-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826924603321
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Serie: California studies in food and culture ; ; 28.