A Healthy School Food Movement Ignites Social media

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What is #RealSchoolFood?

The Chef Ann Foundation (CAF), a national non-profit that works to improve school lunches and communities with tools, training, and resources is bringing awareness about healthier whole food lunches.

Over 30 million kids eat school lunch daily, many of the foods are processed or contain unknown ingredients, reported PRNewswire.

Considering kids more than half of their daily calories at lunch, and Latino kids are often in schools that don’t offer as many salads and fresh fruits as their peers, healthier school lunches are a vital component in helping to reduce childhood chronic diseases, like diabetes and obesity.

Working towards healthier school lunches, the CFA is now igniting a social media campaign with the hashtag #RealSchoolFood, to help bring attention to the highly processed, unhealthy food that is often manufactured to meet federal guidelines but isn’t a natural product, like a fresh fruit or vegetable. The same campaign started in October last year reaching over 23 million people to help promote real school food in hope to support a healthier school food environments.

Celebrities, youth, and parents all joined in sharing pictures on social media to support the movement.

“Strong school lunch regulations are a good place to start, but they can only take us so far,” Chef Ann Cooper, Founder of CFA told PRNeswire.

To join the movement this year or to find out more follow the directions below:

1. Photograph yourself or your kids holding a “#realschoolfood” sign.

2. Post the photo to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (privacy settings set to public) with this caption: 30 million kids eat school lunch every day. It’s time we served them #realschoolfood. Join the campaign now: realschoolfood.org (Or, visit the campaign page for other suggestions).

For every person who posts using “#realschoolfood” in October, $1 will be donated towards healthy school food programming for kids across the country. Campaign sponsors include Made in Nature,Mamma Chia, Guckenheimer, Elevation Reps of the Rockies and Quinn Snacks.

Healthy food is real food, and offering more Latino kids healthier foods and beverages has shown in studies to reduce BMI and create a healthier school environment.

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