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Audrey Sanchez
3 min read
We're giving awards for what?!
This morning as I was going through my daily nutrition Google Alerts, one story caught my eye. It was about a school district that won a...


Andrea Jacobson
4 min read
Big Food profits, children pay the price.
Big Food is robbing our children of their future—our future—right in front of our eyes. And it must change now.


Madeline Bennett
4 min read
How One Simple Menu Swap Can Prevent Chronic Disease
At Balanced, our central ask of school districts is that they enrich their menus by adding nutrient-dense plant-based proteins and...
Madeline Bennett
5 min read
The Standard American Diet Will Kill Hundreds of Thousands in 2019. Does Anyone Care?
The hardest job of a nutrition advocate is getting people to appreciate the full gravity of our nation’s truly grim health crises. Not...


Audrey Sanchez
3 min read
Hot Take: the USDA doesn't care about children
With the announcement that loosened school nutrition standards are going to allow for increased servings of refined grains,...

Audrey Sanchez
2 min read
The Egg Industry's New Low
Pop quiz: what food product that can’t be labeled nutritious, healthy, relatively low calorie, relatively low fat, or a rich source of...


Audrey Sanchez
3 min read
Hook Them Young
Forty-one years ago, a major broadcast marketing publication printed this: “If you’re selling, Charlie’s Mom is buying. But you’ve got to...

Audrey Sanchez
4 min read
Balanced Menu Scorecard
Accountability is really important to us here at Balanced. So important, in fact, that we made it one of our core values. We value...
Audrey Sanchez
3 min read
Sometimes Progress Requires Discomfort
Recently, I’ve had the privilege of meeting with the food service directors — and often their contracted food service company — of...


Audrey Sanchez
3 min read
The Food Industry Wants Us Fighting (Each Other)
Over the last 18 months I’ve come to realize a fundamental truth holding us back from making greater progress toward a healthy food...


Audrey Sanchez
1 min read
It's time...
Just in case anyone missed this news, 2 weeks ago, this report on childhood obesity came out. Spoiler alert: it's not looking good. And...


Audrey Sanchez
3 min read
The Business of School Food
I used to resent the tired trope of an informed or protective mother being called a mama-bear. For one, the desire to protect, nurture,...
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