Ma ka noiʻi ʻana i nā keiki o ka makahiki 10 a hiki i ka 17, ua ʻike nā Centers for Disease Control and Prevention he 15 pakeneka ka loaʻa ʻana o ka helu helu kino kino (BMI) i hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou he paona nui, a he 16 pākēneka i manaʻo ʻia he obese.
Ke hoʻoponopono nei ʻo United Fresh Produce Association Foundation i ka pilikia me kahi hoʻolaha no "A Salad Bar in Every School." Ua hoʻokumu ke kumu i ka papahana i Pepeluali a ke hui pū nei me nā lālā o ka ʻoihana e hāʻawi i nā pā saladi i nā kula. Ke hana pū nei ka hui me nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hoʻonui i ka ʻai ʻana i nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu i nā keiki o ke kula ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kālā no nā papahana ʻai kula a me nā papahana kōkua meaʻai.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka hana a ka hui e ka luna hoʻomalu o Obama, e hana nei e hoʻoponopono i ka momona o nā kamaliʻi. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo First Lady Michelle Obama iā United Fresh a me kona mau lālā no ka papahana Salad Bar in Every School ma ka hōʻikeʻike United Fresh ma Las Vegas ʻApelila 20-23.
ʻO ke kula mua i loaʻa kahi pā saladi mai ke kumu mai, he kula haʻahaʻa ia ma Wakinekona, DC Ua hoʻohana ʻia kēlā pā saladi ma Capital Hill no kahi ʻahaʻaina hou ma Sept. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka hanana e hoʻopuka i ka manaʻo i ke kulekele bar salad a United Fresh, a e paipai i ka poʻe loio e kākoʻo i ka hana i loko o ka Child Nutrition Act.
Ua hāʻawi ke kumu i ʻelua mau pā saladi ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana o Las Vegas i ʻelua mau kula haʻahaʻa kūloko. Ua koho ʻia ka ʻāpana kula ʻo Nye County ma Nevada e like me nā mea e loaʻa ana i nā pā saladi no kāna hana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka paipai ʻana i ka ʻai ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu, e like me ka United Fresh.
ʻO ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻo JG Johnson a me Manse Elementary e lawelawe ana ma mua o 450 mau haumāna a komo nā kula ʻelua i ka papahana ʻo Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack, e hāʻawi ana i kēlā me kēia haumāna i kahi huaʻai hou a i ʻole meaʻai meaʻai i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻAʻole wale nā keiki i hoʻomaikaʻi i nā meaʻai mai ka papahana, ua ʻike pū ʻia lākou i nā mea huahana hou a aʻo i ke kumu e maikaʻi ai ko lākou kino.
"Ua aʻo nui kēia mau haumāna," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Pat Garlin, ka mea hoʻoponopono lawelawe meaʻai ʻo Nye County School District.
"ʻAʻole hiki i nā keiki ke kali," wahi a Evangelyn Visser, ke poʻo o ke kula haʻahaʻa o Manse.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Visser, loaʻa nā keiki i nā huaʻai hou i ʻelua mau manawa o ka pule, a ke nānā nei lākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā koho hou ma ke ʻano o nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO ia ka pahuhopu o ka hana - e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā koho olakino no nā keiki kula a aʻo iā lākou e hana i nā hoʻoholo maikaʻi e pili ana i nā meaʻai a me nā meaʻai. Ke hana nei ka papahana ʻai meaʻai a me nā pā salakeke kula, wahi a Lorelei DiSogra, ka hope pelekikena o ka meaʻai a me ke olakino no United Fresh.
“Ua makemake ʻo Nye County i nā kīʻaha saladi no kā lākou mau kula no kekahi mau makahiki. Manaʻo ikaika lākou e hāʻawi nā pā saladi i kā lākou mau haumāna i nā ʻano huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i kēlā me kēia lā me kā lākou ʻaina awakea a hoʻonui i ka ʻai, "wahi āna. "ʻO nā pā saladi ʻelua a me ka Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program he mau kumu hōʻike e hoʻonui ai i ka ʻai ʻana o nā keiki i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu."
Me ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka hoʻokele ʻana ma Washingtion, DC, aia ka manaʻo maikaʻi i ka ʻoihana huahana e hoʻohui nā papahana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu. Ma waho aʻe o ka ʻae hou ʻana i ke kānāwai meaʻai meaʻai kamaliʻi, ua hoʻopuka nā Lunamakaʻāinana Sam Farr lāua ʻo Adam Putnam i ka Children's Fruit and Vegetable Act o 2009, e kākoʻo ana i nā pā saladi, e hoʻonui i ke kālā no nā lako i nā kula a kōkua i nā kula e hoʻokō i nā alakaʻi meaʻai.
"ʻO ka bila a Congressman Farr a i kākau pū ʻia me Putnam kahi kokoke i kā mākou mea nui. ʻO ka mua, ʻo ke kulekele pā saladi no nā pā salakeke ma kēlā me kēia kula. ʻO nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka ʻoihana huahana e ʻike i nā pā salakeke ma ke ʻano he salakeke kuʻuna akā ʻo ka mea a mākou e manaʻo nei he pā i loaʻa i ka saladi letus, akā ʻo nā salakeke huaʻai a me nā mea hua hou ʻē aʻe - ua kapa ʻia kekahi he pā kīhāpai ma kahi o kahi pā saladi. Manaʻo wau he nani nō hoʻi ka pā māla. E loli ana kēlā ʻano like ʻole i ka manawa a ʻike mākou i ka wā lōʻihi, ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu e hoʻonui i ka ʻai, ʻoi aku hoʻi i waena o nā keiki, "wahi a DiSogra. "Ke hana nei mākou e hoʻokomo i kēlā mau mea ʻē aʻe i loko o ka bila Farr - ʻaʻole wale i nā pā saladi, akā nā mea pono no nā hale ʻaina kula a me nā mahiʻai-i-kula. Aia kekahi ʻāpana nui e pili ana i ka mahiʻai-i-kula i loko o kēlā bila.
Makemake pū ka hui e ʻike i ka USDA e kākoʻo ikaika ana i nā papahana meaʻai no ka wā kamaliʻi, ʻaʻole wale ma o ke kānāwai e koi ana i ke kālā.
"ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu ke ʻike i kahi kulekele ʻaʻole koi, akā paipai ʻo USDA i kahi pā saladi i kēlā me kēia kula e hoʻonui i ka ʻai ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu. ʻAʻole i hana nui ke aupuni e hoʻonui maoli i ka ʻai ma nā kula. Manaʻo maoli mākou makemake mākou e ʻike i kekahi mau kūlana ikaika e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻai a me nā hoʻolālā e hōʻike ana i ke kula pehea e hana ai i kēia hana, a he hana ia. ʻO ia paha nā ʻeke lawelawe meaʻai nui a i ʻole nā ʻeke ʻai meaʻai hoʻokahi, "wahi a DiSogra.
Ua hana pū ʻia nā hāʻawi ʻana i ka pā saladi me nā mea hana o nā pā saladi, ʻo The Vollrath Co. a me Cambro Manufacturing Co. ʻO nā laina pā saladi ʻelua nā mea kūʻai makemake ʻia o ka papahana salad bar kula.
Hāʻawi ʻo Cambro i kāna Versa Food Bar, kahi laina lawelawe ponoʻī ʻole i hana ʻia me ka plastic. Loaʻa iā ia nā kiaʻi sneeze i kūkulu ʻia a me nā ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao e pelu a kūpono i nā puka puka maʻamau. Me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā Buffet Camchillers o ka hui, hiki ke mālama ʻia ka meaʻai no nā hola. He 50 iniha ka lōʻihi a hele mai i ʻelua kiʻekiʻe, 30 ʻīniha ke kiʻekiʻe no nā kula haʻahaʻa a he 36 ʻīniha ke kiʻekiʻe no nā kula kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO ka Vollrath Salad Bar kahi ʻāpana hoʻoheheʻe uila he 60 ʻīniha ka lōʻihi a he 30 ʻīniha ka lōʻihi a i ʻole 34 iniha ke kiʻekiʻe no ke kula haʻahaʻa a me ke kula kiʻekiʻe. He kila kila a loaʻa nā kiʻi i kūkulu ʻia a me nā wahi hōʻailona ma ke kumu. Me ka hoʻomaha ʻana o ka pā i lalo, e kūpono pū ia ma kahi puka maʻamau. ʻO ka pūʻolo e hele ana i ke kula me nā pā a me nā mea lawelawe, i hana ʻia me nā plastik anti-microbial.
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Kākoʻo ʻo NatureSeal i ka papahana salad bar me kāna hāʻawi ponoʻī
Ua hōʻike ʻo NatureSeal, Westport, Conn., i kāna kākoʻo no ka papahana salad bar kula ma ka United Fresh show ma ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi pā saladi e hāʻawi ʻia i ke kula ʻo Sandy S. Miller ma Nevada.
Hāʻawi pū ka hui i kāna huahana lawelawe meaʻai i nā kula ʻekolu ʻo Nevada e loaʻa ana i nā pā saladi. ʻO ka huahana NatureSeal ka mea hiki i nā limahana lawelawe meaʻai ke mālama i nā huahana ma mua o ka lawelawe ʻana no ka nānā hou a me ka ʻono. Ua ʻōlelo ka hui e hōʻike kēia i nā haumāna hou aʻe i nā hua ʻoki hou i loaʻa a wehe i nā ʻike meaʻai olakino.