Shhh…confidential Food for Thought: Recipes for learning Kirsten Saenz Tobey Founder & Chief Impact Officer.
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Food for Thought: Recipes for learning
Kirsten Saenz TobeyFounder & Chief Impact Officer
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For the first time ever, children in America will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents
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What is happening? • 1 in 3 kids is overweight or
obese• Childhood obesity is the
number one concern for child health and national security in America
Why? • Only 1/3 of high school seniors
eat green vegetables on a typical day
• Less than 10% of kids get their daily dose of fruits & vegetables
• Kids consume over 29 tsp of sugar daily, or 92 lbs of sugar a year
• It takes approximately 12 exposures to a new taste for a child to accept a different kind of food
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Nutrition sets students up for learning
Good nutrition is at the cornerstone of being ready to concentrate and learn
Kids need sustained energy and balanced nutrition to give their developing bodies and minds the nourishment they need every day
More than 35% of weekly calories consumed by children while at school
Changing the quality of those calories can impact nutrition and health
We have the power to move the needle
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What do we need to do?
• Replace poor quality foods with high quality foods in kids’ diets
• Decrease consumption of foods of minimal nutritional value
• Make school meals satisfying so kids go home full and don’t stop at corner store for chips, candy, soda
• Improve quality of ingredients kids are consuming – real cheese, real meats, fewer additives, preservatives and fillers
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We can change these statistics by providing fresh, healthy meals to school kids in food insecure communities
At Revolution Foods, we follow a food & menu pattern that:
• has been proven to reduce the risk of disease – obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high blood glucose and insulin resistance
• is recognized by NIH and CDC as having a significant impact on kids’ health
• has over 400 scientific studies underscoring its effectiveness
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REAL FOOD
Nutrition Standards
Ingredient Standards
Processing Standards
Fat > 52 unacceptable ingredients
No extreme processing
Sat. Fat Including: Including:
Trans Fat No art. colors, flavors, sweeteners, preservatives;
No canned
Sodium No high intensity sweeteners or sugar alcohols;
No bleached
Sugar No fat replacers and bulking agents
No chemical extractions
Nutrition beyond nutrients
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Building healthy habits
With children, we have a unique opportunity to modify food be-haviors and set them up for a healthy long life
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Behavior change cycle
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