UMaine Experts Featured in Report on Back-to-School Lunches
UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Kate Yerxa and UMaine Professor Mary Ellen Camire were interviewed for a WLBZ-TV report on packing healthy and safe lunches for kids going back to school. Yerxa, the statewide educator for nutrition and physical activity, advised parents to allow children to have some say into what goes into their lunch box, which may mean they’ll be more likely to eat it when it’s lunchtime at school. Camire, a professor of food science and human nutrition, told the Bangor television station that parents packing lunches should make sure food stays fresh in lunch boxes to avoid food-borne illnesses.
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