Works Cited

ME MALONE.  "UMass food service going local and lighter. " Boston Globe  21  Apr. 2010,US National
Newspapers, ProQuest. Web.  9 Sep. 2010

This article in the Boston Globe cites an example of how the university of Massachusetts was
able to cheaply feed the students a meal with lots of produce and locally grown food.

Florence, M., M. Asbridge, and P. Veugelers. "Diet Quality and Academic Performance*. " The Journal of

School Health  78.4 (2008): 209-217. Platinum Periodicals, ProQuest. Web.  9 Sep. 2010.

This journal article shows a study of Canadian adolescents and the effects of their diets on
standardized tests. Those with the better diet quality were more likely to do better on the tests.

Katherine Leitzell.  "Stressed? Eat Veggies. " U.S. News & World Report  16 Jul 2007: Platinum
Periodicals, ProQuest. Web.  9 Sep. 2010.

This article is a about a Swedish study that showed that stressed mice were more likely to gain
weight when eating a high carbohydrate diet

Demas, Antonia, Dana Kinderman, and David Pimentel. "School Meals: a Nutritional and Environmental
Perspective." The Lunch Box. The Lunch Box, n.d. Web. 16 Sep 2010.
http://www.thelunchbox.org/sites/default/files/A%20Nutritional%20and%20Environmental
%20Perspective%20on%20School%20Meals_0.pdf

This article, produced by the non-profit organization The Lunch Box, which is dedicated to
making school lunches healthier, produced a study discussing the environmental impact of school meals
within the Baltimore school system.

"National School Lunch Program." United States Department of Agriculture. USDA, n.d. Web. 16 Sep
2010. <http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/AboutLunch/NSLPFactSheet.pdf>.

This is a fact sheet produced by the USDA that gives statistics about the national school lunch
program.

"Jamie's School Dinners." The Jamie Oliver Foundation. The Jamie oliver Foundation, n.d. Web. 16 Sep
2010. <http://www.jamieoliver.com/school-dinners/facts-and-figures>.

The Jamie Oliver Foundation, was started by a professional chef who was determined to make people
eat healthier all while enjoying food. He has started a school lunch project that convinces school
cafeterias to abandon processed food, for healthier hand-made food incorporating fresh produce.