2021-05-15 13:35:25 GMT2021-05-15 21:35:25(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) A nutrition and health guide for Chinese children and adolescents released Saturday calls for improvement in children s diets and efforts to strengthen childhood nutrition education.
The guide, published by the Chinese Association for Student Nutrition and Health Promotion, underlined the need to address undesirable eating patterns among children despite major progress in childhood nutrition and fitness in the country.
The undesirable eating patterns mainly include low intake of vegetables, fruits, aquatic products, eggs, beans and milk, which is more prevalent in rural and less developed areas, it says.
LL Student Nutrition
Los Lunas Student Nutrition will be providing meals for students who are participating in remote learning for the rest of the school year. They will be providing five breakfasts, lunches and snacks every Wednesday from 10 am to noon. The meals will ready to pick up from the Student Nutrition warehouse, located at 1262 N.M. 314 SW, Los Lunas. If a parent is interested in picking up meals for their children, they will need to send an email to Student Nutrition with the following information: The name of the person picking up the meals; the names and student ID numbers of the students; and the names of any children not enrolled in school. Email this information to jgiron@llschools.net or akhaney@llschools.net. For questions or concerns, call Student Nutrition at 505-866-2490.
Spring clean up in Bosque Farms
The village of Bosque Farms spring clean up will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18. The rolloff containers will be at the village maintenance yard next to the wastewater treatment plant on DeSmet Road.
There is a limited number of containers, so residents will be allowed one load per household and must bring a water or utility bill to prove residency.
For information, call the village office at 869-2358.
News Briefs
Friends of Whitfield Silent Auction
The Friends of Whitfield will be holding an online silent auction of several hand carved, hand painted Aldo Leopold benches, as well as several other items for nature lovers. The online auction runs through Tuesday, May 4. Items up for bid can be found at
Spring clean up in Bosque Farms
The village of Bosque Farms spring clean up will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18. The rolloff containers will be at the village maintenance yard next to the wastewater treatment plant on DeSmet Road.
There is a limited number of containers, so residents will be allowed one load per household and must bring a water or utility bill to prove residency.
For information, call the village office at 869-2358.
News Briefs
Friends of Whitfield Silent Auction
The Friends of Whitfield will be holding an online silent auction of several hand carved, hand painted Aldo Leopold benches, as well as several other items for nature lovers. The online auction runs through Tuesday, May 4. Items up for bid can be found at
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