The Salt Lake Tribune
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Pitbulls for a healthier school lunch
Oct. 13 -17 is National School Lunch week. But with a menu that includes pizza, pressed chicken nuggets and nachos with salsa (considered a vegetable at my children's Utah school), is there really anything to celebrate?

Maybe it's a good time to get angry, says Amy Kalafa and Dr. Susan Ruben in their documentary film "Two Angry Moms."

The film will be shown Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Leonardo, 450 S. 200 East, Salt Lake City. It chronicles the women, pictured here, as they try to get better food served at their children's school. See a clip at slcfilmcenter.org

Kalaf and Ruben also suggest that parents have lunch with their children at school. Do more than just eat the food and read the menu, they suggest.
Read labels; see what's available in the vending machines; and notice how much fresh food is available and "how much of it includes flavorings, colorings, artificial sweeteners, preservatives, binders and unpronounceable ingredients."

"You don't need a degree in nutrition to know whether the food being served in your child's
cafeteria is good to be eating on a daily basis," the women write on their website www.angrymoms.org
"It's really about common sense. Parents are the real customers in the cafeteria. We're the ones who pay for lunch. Our bottom line is the health and well being of our kids."
posted by Kathy Stephenson @ 9:35 AM |

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   Kathy Stephenson has been the food writer at The Tribune since 2000. Prior to that she covered education and was a general assignment reporter for Utah's largest daily newspaper. A Utah native, Stephenson's first job was picking zucchini on her grandparent's Kaysville farm. Every Christmas, Stephenson's neighbors and colleagues look forward to getting a plate of her baklava. Last year, she gave away nearly 300 pieces.