Obesity draws focus to Iowa school lunches and reforms
Health officials, schools, and parents in Cedar Rapids and Johnson County grapple with healthier meals amid national attention led by Michelle Obama and Jamie Oliver. Iowa agencies push nutrition standards, vending guidance, and the Healthy Kids Act rollout to curb rising obesity and diabetes risks among adults and youth.
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Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
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State Health Department
Linn County Public Health to discuss school lunch standards
Officials invite community members to a Wednesday meeting with Linn County Public Health from 7 to 9 p.m. at True North located at 4214 Fourth Ave SE Cedar Rapids. The gathering aims to explore national nutritional standards and improvements to school meals.
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Branstad Faces Two Challengers in Iowa GOP Governor Primary
Iowa Republicans stage a three way contest for governor as Terry Branstad returns to pursue a second stint. Rod Roberts and Bob Vander Plaats challenge him in the June 8 primary with a push for lower taxes and smaller government. Political scientist Dennis Goldford calls it a party direction reckoning between centrists and populist conservatives.
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Sioux City
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Copernicus Reburied Inside Frombork Cathedral
In Frombork Poland Nicolaus Copernicus a 16th century astronomer once condemned by the church was reburied by Polish priests in a cathedral tomb. The black granite marker now lauds him as founder of heliocentric theory and notes his status as a church canon.
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Poland
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Earth
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