Nutrition News 

Hartford Public Schools
Department of Food Services
and Nutrition Education
Vol. VI, Issue VI, 1998-99

The majority of our elementary schools are serving one percent milk for breakfast and the students have made the healthy adjustment to less fat in their milk. The following schools are serving low fat milk for breakfast: Barnard Brown, Betances, Burns, Burr, Clark, Dwight, Dwight Annex, Fisher, M.D.Fox, Kinsella, Milner, Moylan, Parkville, Rawson, Sanchez, SAND, Simpson- Waverly, Twain. Webster, West Middle (Main building) and Wish. These schools participated in another breakfast milk promotion which includes "Got Milk" gifts during the months of April and May. Although all milks are good sources of calcium and vitamin D, in whole and two percent milk, those nutrients come with too much artery clogging saturated fat. By choosing one percent or less, students and adults get all the good nutrition of milk--- with little or no fat.

Bulkeley, Hartford Public and Weaver High Schools are participating in Teen Collectors Roll Call, a program designed to combat the teen calcium crisis. Students entered the Roll Call contest to win a spot as one of five regional teen milk ambassadors. New England Dairy and Food Council will choose the ambassadors to act as spokes people with the local media to discuss the importance of drinking milk and the fun of collecting the Milk Mustache advertisements. The Food Service Department had displays about calcium and a milk challenge in the cafeterias at the three high schools.

The Food Service and Nutrition Education Department celebrates Multi-Cultural month with a special menu every Friday during the month of May.

Students participated in Sports Nutrition Week during the week of May 10-14. They voted for their favorite Uconn player. The favorite University of Connecticut men players according to the students in the Hartford schools are Richard Hamilton, Ricky Moore, Kevin Freeman and Khalid El -Amin. The favorite University of Connecticut woman is Tamika Williams. Breakfast of Champion stickers were given to students to stress the importance of breakfast for optimal academic and athletic performance. All students received free ice cream on Thursday as a promotion for wearing some type of sports clothing.

.......... A cup of whole milk has as much saturated fat as a Snickers candy bar, 5 strips of bacon, or a fast food hamburger

.......... Fat free milk has 40% fewer calories than whole milk.

........ 2% milk is not really "low fat". It is called reduced fat milk and it has half the fat of whole milk which is 4 % fat.

• The soluble form found in oats, fruits, and beans, can significantly reduce cholesterol.
• The average intake of fiber is 11 grams per day.
• The recommended intake of fiber for adults is 25- 35 grams of fiber per day
• Fiber is only found in plant foods
• Fiber takes up a lot of space in the stomach, which makes you feel full longer
• A high fiber diet can help prevent constipation, colon cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.

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