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Parents who want to monitor their child's food choices might find it
challenging to extend their influence inside school walls. But some new systems
make it easier for parents to help in the battle between nutritious fare and
junk food.
For example, online parental checkup systems allow parents whose children
attend participating districts to have a say in what their kids buy at the
school cafeteria. They can prepay for the meal, and also track their child's
purchases.
Two such systems are MealpayPlus.com and ParentOnline.net. Newsweek recently
published an article
on the services.
Meanwhile, a Texas school district has developed its own program to help
parents and students learn about the foods offered in its schools. It's called a
"virtual cafeteria." An article on the program can be read at eSchool
News.com. More information on the school's efforts can be found at MSNBC.com,
along with some links to other nutrition issues.
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