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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky children are some of the nation's fattest. In 2011, the last year for which data are co...

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Kentucky schools participating in a program that provides free breakfast and lunch to all students in high-poverty schools have significantl...

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School lunches look and taste different than they did before new federal nutrition standards kicked in, and that has caused more food to end...

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As new research shows that America's child-obesity epidemic is linked to eating too many salty snacks,  new federal regulations could en...

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Carol Greenwell, who runs the summer lunch program for Bardstown City Schools, hands Brennen Maddox a carton of fat-free milk after he picks...

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