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A mom said a teacher’s aide refused to unwrap her 5-year-old son’s snack cake because it was ‘unhealthy.’ She’s using the viral moment to denounce diet culture.

A mom said a teacher’s aide refused to unwrap her 5-year-old son’s snack cake because it was ‘unhealthy.’ She’s using the viral moment to denounce diet culture.

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Screenshots of Griffiths' TikTok storytime series she's calling 'lunchboxgate.'

Griffiths has christened the saga “Lunchboxgate” on TikTok.tiktok.com/@ashy_anne_

  • Ashlee Griffiths said her son came home from school crying because he couldn’t eat the cake she packed for him.

  • The five-year-old said the teacher’s aide refused to open it because it was “unhealthy.”

  • Griffiths complained to the school, and wanted to inspire dialogue about using neutral language around food.

An Australian mom took to TikTok followers for advice after she said a teacher’s aide at her five-year-old son’s school refused to help him open a snack cake she’d packed in his lunchbox because it was “unhealthy.”

Ashlee Griffiths, a comedic

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Highmark Wholecare, Central PA food bank promotes healthy eating

Highmark Wholecare, Central PA food bank promotes healthy eating

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Highmark Wholecare and the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank are working together to promote the importance of healthy eating.

Highmark Wholecare staff toured the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank’s Harrisburg branch on July 20 and helped get ingredients ready for the food bank’s cooking classes.

The classes teach people how to make healthier meals with the food available at the food bank.

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How to Maintain a Healthy Weight During Quarantine

How to Maintain a Healthy Weight During Quarantine

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With 24 hours and 7 days a week all to ourselves – no work, school, and extracurricular activities, we are all prone to unhealthy eating and being couch potatoes, which can lead to weight gain.

Some are even calling this, “Quarantine 15,” just like the commonly used expression in the United States, “Freshman 15,” that refers to the weight gained (usually around 10-15 pounds) during a student’s first year at college.

Well, that’s okay if we all have the same metabolism as 18 year olds. However, we are not. So before we gain that 15 pounds, we should all

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CMS’s Journey To Value-Based Care

CMS’s Journey To Value-Based Care

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Most people think of CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) as an insurance company that covers individual services provided by physicians, FQHCs, hospitals, and other health care providers. Some people even think of it as a policy-writing agency for Medicare. It is true that CMS reimburses providers for services to millions of individual beneficiaries. However, since the Affordable Care Act came into action in 2010, CMS has been developing focused payment strategies that shift from fees for services to value-based care and a focus on population health.

Today, CMS’s second-highest strategic priority is prevention and population health. To this

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