Kids in poorer districts tend to eat healthier
by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher
It's a little known paradox on Long Island: Students in school districts with more youngsters who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch tend to eat healthier in the cafeteria. Government reimbursements to make lunches affordable ease financial stress on poorer districts, which don't have to rely as heavily on snack sales as their wealthier counterparts.
Newsday, 10/26/2008